Sachika Kameda

Publications (2)3.86 Total impact

• Article: Association of platelet aggregation with lipid levels in the Japanese population: the Suita study.

  Sachika Kameda, Toshiyuki Sakata, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Mana Mitsuguro, Akira Okamoto, Michitaka Sano, Toshiyuki Miyata
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  ABSTRACT: Platelets play a pivotal role in atherothrombotic diseases. Platelet aggregability induced by agonists has great interindividual variability; however, the factors influencing platelet aggregability variation have not been characterized in Asia. To examine the confounding factors influencing platelet counts and responsiveness to agonists, we measured the platelet counts and platelet aggregability induced by 1.7 µM adenosine diphosphate (ADP) or 1.7 µg/mL collagen using a light transmittance aggregometer in the Japanese general population without medication or cardiovascular disease (387 men and 550 women) in the Suita Study. Platelet counts were negatively correlated with age in both men and women (Spearman's rank correlation coefficient: r(s)=-0.230 and -0.227; p< 0.01, respectively). In women, platelet counts were correlated negatively with the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level and positively with the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol/HDL cholesterol (L/H) ratio (r(s)=-0.135 and 0.119; p< 0.01, respectively). In women, platelet aggregabilities by ADP and collagen were correlated with age (r(s)=0.118 and 0.143; p< 0.01, respectively), and collagen-induced platelet aggregability was correlated with the LDL cholesterol level, the L/H ratio, and the non-HDL cholesterol level (r(s)=0.167, 0.172, and 0.185; p< 0.01, respectively). Even after adjustment for age, systolic blood pressure, body mass index, and current smoking and drinking, the association of platelet counts with the L/H ratio in women and associations of collagen-induced platelet aggregability with the L/H ratio and the non-HDL cholesterol level remained. Examination of platelet counts and platelet aggregability induced by ADP and collagen revealed gender, age and lipid levels as factors influencing inter-individual variability.
  Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis 03/2011; 18(7):560-7. · 2.69 Impact Factor
• Article: Usefulness of antithrombin deficiency phenotypes for risk assessment of venous thromboembolism: type I deficiency as a strong risk factor for venous thromboembolism.

  Mana Mitsuguro, Toshiyuki Sakata, Akira Okamoto, Sachika Kameda, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, Michitaka Sano, Toshiyuki Miyata
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  ABSTRACT: Inherited antithrombin deficiency, an established risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE), can be classified into type I (quantitative deficiency) or type II (qualitative deficiency). In the present study, we assessed the VTE risk associated with the phenotypes of antithrombin deficiency in patients admitted to our hospital. We found that patients with type I deficiency (n = 21) had more VTE events and earlier onset of VTE than those with type II deficiency (n = 10). The VTE-free survival analysis showed that the risk for VTE in patients with type I deficiency was sevenfold greater than that in patients with type II deficiency (hazard ratio: 7.3; 95% confidence interval: 1.9-12.2; P = 0.0009). The prevalence of type I deficiency in the VTE group (5.6%, 6/108) was higher than that in the general population (0.04%, 2/4,517) (odds ratio: 132.8; 95% confidence interval: 26.5-666.1; P < 0.0001). However, the prevalence of type II deficiency was not different between the VTE group and the general population. Our study indicated that the risk for VTE in patients with type I deficiency was much higher than that in patients with type II deficiency. Thus, simple phenotypic classification of antithrombin deficiency is useful for assessment of VTE risk in Japanese.
  International journal of hematology 10/2010; 92(3):468-73. · 1.17 Impact Factor