TY - JOUR
T1 - LPA variants are associated with residual cardiovascular risk in patients receiving statins
AU - Wei, Wei Qi
AU - Li, Xiaohui
AU - Feng, Qiping
AU - Kubo, Michiaki
AU - Kullo, Iftikhar J.
AU - Peissig, Peggy L.
AU - Karlson, Elizabeth W.
AU - Jarvik, Gail P.
AU - Lee, Ming Ta Michael
AU - Shang, Ning
AU - Larson, Eric A.
AU - Edwards, Todd
AU - Shaffer, Christian M.
AU - Mosley, Jonathan D.
AU - Maeda, Shiro
AU - Horikoshi, Momoko
AU - Ritchie, Marylyn
AU - Williams, Marc S.
AU - Larson, Eric B.
AU - Crosslin, David R.
AU - Bland, Sarah T.
AU - Pacheco, Jennifer A.
AU - Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J.
AU - Cronkite, David
AU - Hripcsak, George
AU - Cox, Nancy J.
AU - Wilke, Russell A.
AU - Stein, C. Michael
AU - Rotter, Jerome I.
AU - Momozawa, Yukihide
AU - Roden, Dan M.
AU - Krauss, Ronald M.
AU - Denny, Joshua C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Heart Association, Inc.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - BACKGROUND: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of death globally. Although therapy with statins decreases circulating levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and the incidence of CHD, additional events occur despite statin therapy in some individuals. The genetic determinants of this residual cardiovascular risk remain unknown. METHODS: We performed a 2-stage genome-wide association study of CHD events during statin therapy. We first identified 3099 cases who experienced CHD events (defined as acute myocardial infarction or the need for coronary revascularization) during statin therapy and 7681 controls without CHD events during comparable intensity and duration of statin therapy from 4 sites in the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network. We then sought replication of candidate variants in another 160 cases and 1112 controls from a fifth Electronic Medical Records and Genomics site, which joined the network after the initial genome-wide association study. Finally, we performed a phenome-wide association study for other traits linked to the most significant locus. RESULTS: The meta-analysis identified 7 single nucleotide polymorphisms at a genome-wide level of significance within the LPA/PLG locus associated with CHD events on statin treatment. The most significant association was for an intronic single nucleotide polymorphism within LPA/PLG (rs10455872; minor allele frequency, 0.069; odds ratio, 1.58; 95% confidence interval, 1.35-1.86; P=2.6×10-10). In the replication cohort, rs10455872 was also associated with CHD events (odds ratio, 1.71; 95% confidence interval, 1.14-2.57; P=0.009). The association of this single nucleotide polymorphism with CHD events was independent of statin-induced change in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (odds ratio, 1.62; 95% confidence interval, 1.17-2.24; P=0.004) and persisted in individuals with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≤70 mg/dL (odds ratio, 2.43; 95% confidence interval, 1.18-4.75; P=0.015). A phenome-wide association study supported the effect of this region on coronary heart disease and did not identify noncardiovascular phenotypes. CONCLUSIONS: Genetic variations at the LPA locus are associated with CHD events during statin therapy independently of the extent of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering. This finding provides support for exploring strategies targeting circulating concentrations of lipoprotein(a) to reduce CHD events in patients receiving statins.
AB - BACKGROUND: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of death globally. Although therapy with statins decreases circulating levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and the incidence of CHD, additional events occur despite statin therapy in some individuals. The genetic determinants of this residual cardiovascular risk remain unknown. METHODS: We performed a 2-stage genome-wide association study of CHD events during statin therapy. We first identified 3099 cases who experienced CHD events (defined as acute myocardial infarction or the need for coronary revascularization) during statin therapy and 7681 controls without CHD events during comparable intensity and duration of statin therapy from 4 sites in the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network. We then sought replication of candidate variants in another 160 cases and 1112 controls from a fifth Electronic Medical Records and Genomics site, which joined the network after the initial genome-wide association study. Finally, we performed a phenome-wide association study for other traits linked to the most significant locus. RESULTS: The meta-analysis identified 7 single nucleotide polymorphisms at a genome-wide level of significance within the LPA/PLG locus associated with CHD events on statin treatment. The most significant association was for an intronic single nucleotide polymorphism within LPA/PLG (rs10455872; minor allele frequency, 0.069; odds ratio, 1.58; 95% confidence interval, 1.35-1.86; P=2.6×10-10). In the replication cohort, rs10455872 was also associated with CHD events (odds ratio, 1.71; 95% confidence interval, 1.14-2.57; P=0.009). The association of this single nucleotide polymorphism with CHD events was independent of statin-induced change in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (odds ratio, 1.62; 95% confidence interval, 1.17-2.24; P=0.004) and persisted in individuals with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≤70 mg/dL (odds ratio, 2.43; 95% confidence interval, 1.18-4.75; P=0.015). A phenome-wide association study supported the effect of this region on coronary heart disease and did not identify noncardiovascular phenotypes. CONCLUSIONS: Genetic variations at the LPA locus are associated with CHD events during statin therapy independently of the extent of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering. This finding provides support for exploring strategies targeting circulating concentrations of lipoprotein(a) to reduce CHD events in patients receiving statins.
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U2 - 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031356
DO - 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031356
M3 - Article
C2 - 29703846
AN - SCOPUS:85050959915
SN - 0009-7322
VL - 138
SP - 1839
EP - 1849
JO - Circulation
JF - Circulation
IS - 17
ER -