| Literature DB >> 29246868 |
Julia N Heighton1, Lauren I Brady1, Matthew C Newman1, Mark A Tarnopolsky2.
Abstract
Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) is a common mitochondrial disease. We evaluated the impact of sex and smoking status upon knee extension strength and the phenotypic spectrum of disease in a large cohort of adult-onset CPEO patients (N=116) using retrospective chart analysis. The CPEO patients showed significantly lower knee extension strength as compared to the age- and sex-matched control population (-37%, P<0.05). Smoking also negatively impacted knee extension strength only in women with CPEO (-26%, P<0.05). We conclude that smoking and female sex interact negatively in CPEO patients.Entities:
Keywords: Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia; Mitochondria; Phenotypic spectrum; Smoking; Strength
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29246868 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2017.12.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mitochondrion ISSN: 1567-7249 Impact factor: 4.160