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Genetics of coronary artery calcification among African Americans, a meta-analysis.


ABSTRACT: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major cause of death in the United States. Coronary artery calcification (CAC) scores are independent predictors of CHD. African Americans (AA) have higher rates of CHD but are less well-studied in genomic studies. We assembled the largest AA data resource currently available with measured CAC to identify associated genetic variants.We analyzed log transformed CAC quantity (ln(CAC?+?1)), for association with ~2.5 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and performed an inverse-variance weighted meta-analysis on results for 5,823 AA from 8 studies. Heritability was calculated using family studies. The most significant SNPs among AAs were evaluated in European Ancestry (EA) CAC data; conversely, the significance of published SNPs for CAC/CHD in EA was queried within our AA meta-analysis.Heritability of CAC was lower in AA (~30%) than previously reported for EA (~50%). No SNP reached genome wide significance (p?

SUBMITTER: Wojczynski MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3733595 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetics of coronary artery calcification among African Americans, a meta-analysis.

Wojczynski Mary K MK   Li Mingyao M   Bielak Lawrence F LF   Kerr Kathleen F KF   Reiner Alex P AP   Wong Nathan D ND   Yanek Lisa R LR   Qu Liming L   White Charles C CC   Lange Leslie A LA   Ferguson Jane F JF   He Jing J   Young Taylor T   Mosley Thomas H TH   Smith Jennifer A JA   Kral Brian G BG   Guo Xiuqing X   Wong Quenna Q   Ganesh Santhi K SK   Heckbert Susan R SR   Griswold Michael E ME   O'Leary Daniel H DH   Budoff Matthew M   Carr J Jeffrey JJ   Taylor Herman A HA   Bluemke David A DA   Demissie Serkalem S   Hwang Shih-Jen SJ   Paltoo Dina N DN   Polak Joseph F JF   Psaty Bruce M BM   Becker Diane M DM   Province Michael A MA   Post Wendy S WS   O'Donnell Christopher J CJ   Wilson James G JG   Harris Tamara B TB   Kavousi Maryam M   Cupples L Adrienne LA   Rotter Jerome I JI   Fornage Myriam M   Becker Lewis C LC   Peyser Patricia A PA   Borecki Ingrid B IB   Reilly Muredach P MP  

BMC medical genetics 20130719


<h4>Background</h4>Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major cause of death in the United States. Coronary artery calcification (CAC) scores are independent predictors of CHD. African Americans (AA) have higher rates of CHD but are less well-studied in genomic studies. We assembled the largest AA data resource currently available with measured CAC to identify associated genetic variants.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed log transformed CAC quantity (ln(CAC + 1)), for association with ~2.5 million sing  ...[more]

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