Title | Post-genome-wide association study challenges for lipid traits: describing age as a modifier of gene-lipid associations in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Dumitrescu, L, Carty, CL, Franceschini, N, Hindorff, LA, Cole, SA, Bůzková, P, Schumacher, FR, Eaton, CB, Goodloe, RJ, Duggan, DJ, Haessler, J, Cochran, B, Henderson, BE, Cheng, I, Johnson, KC, Carlson, CS, Love, S-A, Brown-Gentry, K, Nato, AQ, Quibrera, M, Anderson, G, Shohet, RV, Ambite, JLuis, Wilkens, LR, Le Marchand, L, Haiman, CA, Buyske, S, Kooperberg, C, North, KE, Fornage, M, Crawford, DC |
Journal | Ann Hum Genet |
Volume | 77 |
Issue | 5 |
Pagination | 416-25 |
Date Published | 2013 Sep |
ISSN | 1469-1809 |
Keywords | Adult, Aged, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Genetic Association Studies, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Lipids, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Quantitative Trait, Heritable, Risk Factors |
Abstract | <p>Numerous common genetic variants that influence plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglyceride distributions have been identified via genome-wide association studies (GWAS). However, whether or not these associations are age-dependent has largely been overlooked. We conducted an association study and meta-analysis in more than 22,000 European Americans between 49 previously identified GWAS variants and the three lipid traits, stratified by age (males: <50 or ≥50 years of age; females: pre- or postmenopausal). For each variant, a test of heterogeneity was performed between the two age strata and significant Phet values were used as evidence of age-specific genetic effects. We identified seven associations in females and eight in males that displayed suggestive heterogeneity by age (Phet < 0.05). The association between rs174547 (FADS1) and LDL-C in males displayed the most evidence for heterogeneity between age groups (Phet = 1.74E-03, I(2) = 89.8), with a significant association in older males (P = 1.39E-06) but not younger males (P = 0.99). However, none of the suggestive modifying effects survived adjustment for multiple testing, highlighting the challenges of identifying modifiers of modest SNP-trait associations despite large sample sizes. </p> |
DOI | 10.1111/ahg.12027 |
Alternate Journal | Ann. Hum. Genet. |
PubMed ID | 23808484 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC3796061 |
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