1. Impact of carotid atherosclerosis loci on cardiovascular events
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Gert J. de Borst, Hester M. den Ruijter, Paul I.W. de Bakker, Vinicius Tragante, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Gerard Pasterkamp, Sander W. van der Laan, and Daiane Hemerich
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Carotid Artery Diseases ,Male ,Genome-wide association study ,Coronary Artery Disease ,Single-nucleotide polymorphisms ,Brain Ischemia ,Coronary artery disease ,Risk Factors ,Odds Ratio ,Carotid intima-media thickness ,Stroke ,Subclinical infection ,Plaque ,Aged, 80 and over ,Middle Aged ,Plaque, Atherosclerotic ,3. Good health ,Carotid Arteries ,Phenotype ,Cardiology ,cardiovascular system ,Female ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Adult ,Genetic Markers ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Single-nucleotide polymorphism ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,Risk Assessment ,Peripheral Arterial Disease ,Young Adult ,Predictive Value of Tests ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Ankle Brachial Index ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,cardiovascular diseases ,Genetic Association Studies ,Aged ,Proportional Hazards Models ,business.industry ,Case-control study ,Odds ratio ,medicine.disease ,Atherosclerosis ,Intima-media thickness ,Genetic Loci ,Case-Control Studies ,business ,Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - Abstract
Background: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified six single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) or plaque. However, whether these loci relate to other vascular diseases and subsequent vascular events is unclear. Methods and results: We tested six SNPs (rs4888378, rs11781551, rs445925, rs6601530, rs17398575 and rs1878406) for association with subclinical atherosclerotic measures (cIMT, plaque presence and ankle-brachial index), as well as ischemic stroke, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral or coronary artery disease (CAD) in the Second Manifestations of ARTerial disease (SMART) cohort. Four SNPs were associated with cIMT and two with plaque (p < 0.05). One SNP was also significantly associated to CAD (rs1878406, OR = 1.24, 95% CI = 1.08-1.42, p = 2 × 10-3). A genetic risk score (GRS) based on the cIMT-related SNPs was associated to increased risk of cIMT itself (p = 1 × 10-3), but not to other secondary outcomes or vascular events during follow-up (p = 0.86). Conclusions: In addition to replicating previously published associations for cIMT, we confirmed a nominally significant effect between the GRS and cIMT.
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- 2015
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