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  • Title: Prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time and dilute Russell's Viper Venom times are not shorter in patients with the prothrombin G20210A mutation, and dilute Russell's Viper Venom time may be longer.
    Author: Shirts BH, Rodgers GM, Smock KJ.
    Journal: Thromb Res; 2012 Sep; 130(3):e134-8. PubMed ID: 22542363.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: Prothrombin G20210A (PT20210) carriers have increased prothrombin levels and increased risk for venous thrombosis. We hypothesized PT20210 carriers would have decreased PT, aPTT, and dRVVT clotting times. METHODS: We reviewed 1186 thrombotic risk panels that included PT, aPTT, dRVVT, and PT20210 genotype with potential confounding variables, excluding samples consistent with anticoagulant therapy or lupus anticoagulant presence. We examined relationships of PT20210 with PT, aPTT, and dRVVT correcting for covariates using multivariate regression. We confirmed associations in 1876 separate panel results and a group of homozygotes for PT20210 and used general linear models to determine if associated tests predict PT20210 status. RESULTS: Neither PT, aPTT, nor dRVVT was shorter in PT20210 carriers. Contrary to our hypothesis, PT20210 was significantly associated with higher dRVVT (p=0.001), but not PT or aPTT. dRVVT differences were significant in a replicate sample p=0.035 and an additional sample of PT20210 homozygotes (p=0.02). Of all variables available, only dRVVT predicted PT20210 carrier status (p=0.0008, AUC=0.64). CONCLUSIONS: We observed an association between longer dRVVT and the prothrombin G20210A mutation in a retrospective observational study. These findings merit further study in large well-characterized clinical cohorts and laboratory research experiments.
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