QTLs of factors of the metabolic syndrome and echocardiographic phenotypes: the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network Study

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  • Kraja, Aldi T
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Statistical Genomics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
  • Huang, Pinchia
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
  • Tang, Weihong
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Hunt, Steven C
    • Other Affiliation: Divison of Cardiovascular Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • North, Kari
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
  • Lewis, Cora E
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
  • Devereux, Richard B
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
  • de Simone, Giovanni
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
  • Arnett, Donna K
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
  • Rice, Treva
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
  • Rao, DC
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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  • Abstract Background In a previous study of the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network (HyperGEN) we have shown that metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk factors were moderately and significantly associated with echocardiographic (ECHO) left ventricular (LV) phenotypes. Methods The study included 1,393 African Americans and 1,133 whites, stratified by type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) status. Heritabilities of seven factor scores based on the analysis of 15 traits were sufficiently high to pursue QTL discovery in this follow-up study. Results Three of the QTLs discovered relate to combined MetS-ECHO factors of "blood pressure (BP)-LV wall thickness" on chromosome 3 at 225 cM with a 2.8 LOD score, on chromosome 20 at 2.1 cM with a 2.6 LOD score; and for "LV wall thickness" factor on chromosome 16 at 113.5 with a 2.6 LOD score in whites. The remaining QTLs include one for a "body mass index-insulin (BMI-INS)" factor with a LOD score of 3.9 on chromosome 2 located at 64.8 cM; one for the same factor on chromosome 12 at 91.4 cM with a 3.3 LOD score; one for a "BP" factor on chromosome 19 located at 67.8 cM with a 3.0 LOD score. A suggestive linkage was also found for "Lipids-INS" with a 2.7 LOD score located on chromosome 11 at 113.1 cM in African Americans. Of the above QTLs, the one on chromosome 12 for "BMI-INS" is replicated in both ethnicities, (with highest LOD scores in African Americans). In addition, the QTL for "LV wall thickness" on chromosome 16q24.2-q24.3 reached its local maximum LOD score at marker D16S402, which is positioned within the 5th intron of the cadherin 13 gene, implicated in heart and vascular remodeling. Conclusion Our previous study and this follow-up suggest gene loci for some crucial MetS and cardiac geometry risk factors that contribute to the risk of developing heart disease.
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  • BMC Medical Genetics
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  • 9
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  • 1471-2350
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  • BMC Medical Genetics. 2008 Nov 27;9(1):103
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