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Cardiovascular Risk Genes in Prevention and Treatment Response

Hamrefors, Viktor LU orcid (2014) In Lund University Faculty of Medicine Doctoral Dissertation Series 2014:16.
Abstract
GENERAL AIM: To investigate how common single-nucleotide-polymorphisms (SNPs) that associate with cardiovascular disease (CVD) could be used in prevention and treatment of CVD.



SUBJECTS: Subjects from the population-based Malmö-Diet-and-Cancer-(MDC)-Study (n=30447) and hypertensives from the Nordic-Diltiazem-(NORDIL)-Study (n=10881).



METHODS AND RESULTS: A nine-SNP-lipid-genetic-risk-score was related to fluvastatin treatment-response in 395 MDC subjects with asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis. In women, a higher score (conferring unfavorable baseline-lipid-levels) correlated with HDL-increase (P=0.001), explaining 11.6-12.9% of the variance in HDL-change.



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GENERAL AIM: To investigate how common single-nucleotide-polymorphisms (SNPs) that associate with cardiovascular disease (CVD) could be used in prevention and treatment of CVD.



SUBJECTS: Subjects from the population-based Malmö-Diet-and-Cancer-(MDC)-Study (n=30447) and hypertensives from the Nordic-Diltiazem-(NORDIL)-Study (n=10881).



METHODS AND RESULTS: A nine-SNP-lipid-genetic-risk-score was related to fluvastatin treatment-response in 395 MDC subjects with asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis. In women, a higher score (conferring unfavorable baseline-lipid-levels) correlated with HDL-increase (P=0.001), explaining 11.6-12.9% of the variance in HDL-change.



A 13-SNP-myocardial-infarction-(MI)-genetic-risk-score was related to carotid atherosclerosis-markers in 4022 MDC-subjects. The MI-gene-score associated with carotid-bulb-intima-media-thickness (IMT) (beta=0.038 standard deviations of IMT per MI-gene-score-quintile; P-trend=0.005) and plaque (odds-ratio per MI-gene-score-quintile=1.11; 95% confidence interval (CI):1.04-1.18; P=0.001) in multivariable models.



It was tested if eight blood-pressure-associated SNPs affected antihypertensive treatment-response in 3863 Swedish hypertensives from NORDIL. No robust associations were identified.



Finally, interactions between life-style-factors and the CVD-SNP rs4977574 on chromosome 9p21 were evaluated in 24944 MDC-subjects during 15 years follow-up. There were interactions between rs4977574 and smoking on incident CAD (P=0.035) and CVD-mortality (P=0.012). The risk conferred by rs4977574 in never-smokers (n=9642; Hazard-ratio(HR) per risk-allele(CAD)=1.26; 95%CI:1.13-1.40; HR per risk-allele(CVD-mortality)=1.40; 95%CI:1.20-1.63) was attenuated in smokers (n=7000; HR per risk-allele(CAD)=1.05; 95%CI:0.95-1.16; HR per risk-allele(CVD-mortality)=1.08; 95%CI:0.94-1.23).



CONCLUSIONS: CVD-genetics identifies subjects with markers of subclinical atherosclerosis, suggesting that early atherosclerosis-prevention may be targeted to such individuals. Smoking attenuates the relative influence of the thus far strongest identified polygenic CVD-risk-locus, implying potential utility of common CVD-genetics in mainly conventional lower-risk subjects. Lipid-polymorphisms may predict statin-induced HDL-increase in women, but eight blood-pressure-SNPs did not affect antihypertensive treatment-response. (Less)
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  • Associate Professor Rankinen, Tuomo, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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blood pressure treatment, hypertension, statins, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular prevention, cardiovascular genetics, stroke, coronary artery disease, chromosome 9p21, pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics
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Lund University Faculty of Medicine Doctoral Dissertation Series
volume
2014:16
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120 pages
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Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
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Aulan, CRC, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö
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2014-02-14 09:00:00
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1652-8220
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978-91-87651-40-3
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English
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  abstract     = {{GENERAL AIM: To investigate how common single-nucleotide-polymorphisms (SNPs) that associate with cardiovascular disease (CVD) could be used in prevention and treatment of CVD.<br/><br>
<br/><br>
SUBJECTS: Subjects from the population-based Malmö-Diet-and-Cancer-(MDC)-Study (n=30447) and hypertensives from the Nordic-Diltiazem-(NORDIL)-Study (n=10881).<br/><br>
<br/><br>
METHODS AND RESULTS: A nine-SNP-lipid-genetic-risk-score was related to fluvastatin treatment-response in 395 MDC subjects with asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis. In women, a higher score (conferring unfavorable baseline-lipid-levels) correlated with HDL-increase (P=0.001), explaining 11.6-12.9% of the variance in HDL-change.<br/><br>
<br/><br>
A 13-SNP-myocardial-infarction-(MI)-genetic-risk-score was related to carotid atherosclerosis-markers in 4022 MDC-subjects. The MI-gene-score associated with carotid-bulb-intima-media-thickness (IMT) (beta=0.038 standard deviations of IMT per MI-gene-score-quintile; P-trend=0.005) and plaque (odds-ratio per MI-gene-score-quintile=1.11; 95% confidence interval (CI):1.04-1.18; P=0.001) in multivariable models.<br/><br>
<br/><br>
It was tested if eight blood-pressure-associated SNPs affected antihypertensive treatment-response in 3863 Swedish hypertensives from NORDIL. No robust associations were identified.<br/><br>
<br/><br>
Finally, interactions between life-style-factors and the CVD-SNP rs4977574 on chromosome 9p21 were evaluated in 24944 MDC-subjects during 15 years follow-up. There were interactions between rs4977574 and smoking on incident CAD (P=0.035) and CVD-mortality (P=0.012). The risk conferred by rs4977574 in never-smokers (n=9642; Hazard-ratio(HR) per risk-allele(CAD)=1.26; 95%CI:1.13-1.40; HR per risk-allele(CVD-mortality)=1.40; 95%CI:1.20-1.63) was attenuated in smokers (n=7000; HR per risk-allele(CAD)=1.05; 95%CI:0.95-1.16; HR per risk-allele(CVD-mortality)=1.08; 95%CI:0.94-1.23).<br/><br>
<br/><br>
CONCLUSIONS: CVD-genetics identifies subjects with markers of subclinical atherosclerosis, suggesting that early atherosclerosis-prevention may be targeted to such individuals. Smoking attenuates the relative influence of the thus far strongest identified polygenic CVD-risk-locus, implying potential utility of common CVD-genetics in mainly conventional lower-risk subjects. Lipid-polymorphisms may predict statin-induced HDL-increase in women, but eight blood-pressure-SNPs did not affect antihypertensive treatment-response.}},
  author       = {{Hamrefors, Viktor}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-87651-40-3}},
  issn         = {{1652-8220}},
  keywords     = {{blood pressure treatment; hypertension; statins; dyslipidemia; cardiovascular prevention; cardiovascular genetics; stroke; coronary artery disease; chromosome 9p21; pharmacogenetics; pharmacogenomics}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease}},
  school       = {{Lund University}},
  series       = {{Lund University Faculty of Medicine Doctoral Dissertation Series}},
  title        = {{Cardiovascular Risk Genes in Prevention and Treatment Response}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/3843288/4253343.pdf}},
  volume       = {{2014:16}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}