IMR Press / RCM / Volume 25 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2504128
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Correlation between Metabolic Parameters and Warfarin Dose in Patients with Heart Valve Replacement of Different Genotypes
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1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 710032 Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
2 Department of Health Statistics, Faculty of Preventive Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, 710032 Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
*Correspondence: liujch@fmmu.edu.cn (Jincheng Liu)
These authors contributed equally.
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2024, 25(4), 128; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2504128
Submitted: 30 August 2023 | Revised: 18 December 2023 | Accepted: 22 December 2023 | Published: 1 April 2024
Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Warfarin has become the first choice for anticoagulation in patients who need lifelong anticoagulation due to its clinical efficacy and low price. However, the anticoagulant effect of warfarin is affected by many drugs, foods, etc. accompanied by a high risk of bleeding and embolism. The Vitamin K epoxide reductase complex 1 (VKORC1) and Cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9) genotypic variation can influence the therapeutic dose of warfarin. However, it is not clear whether there is a correlation between warfarin dose and liver function, kidney function and metabolic markers such as uric acid (UA) in patients with different genotypes. We performed a single-center retrospective cohort study to evaluate the factors affecting warfarin dose and to establish a dose conversion model for warfarin patients undergoing heart valve replacement. Methods: We studied 343 patients with a mechanical heart valve replacement, compared the doses of warfarin in patients with different warfarin-related genotypes (CYP2C9 and VKORC1), and analyzed the correlation between liver function, kidney function, UA and other metabolic markers and warfarin dose in patients with different genotypes following heart valve replacement. Results: Genotype analysis showed that 72.01% of patients had CYP2C9*1/*1 and VKORC1 mutant AA genotypes. Univariate regression analysis revealed that the warfarin maintenance dose was significantly correlated with gender, age, body surface area (BSA), UA and genotype. There was no correlation with liver or kidney function. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that BSA, genotype and UA were the independent factors influencing warfarin dose. Conclusions: There is a significant correlation between UA content and warfarin dose in patients with heart valve replacement genotypes CYP2C9*1/*1/VKORC1(GA+GG), CYP2C9*1/*1/VKORC1AA and CYP2C9*1/*1/VKORC1AA.

Keywords
warfarin
pharmacogenetics
liver function
kidney function
metabolic index
dosing algorithm
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Funding
82070264/National Natural Science Foundation of China
2019PT-24/Key R&D Program of Shaanxi Province
2022ZDLSF01-09/Key R&D Program of Shaanxi Province
2023-CX-PT-06/Key R&D Program of Shaanxi Province
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