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Plasma lipids, genetic variants near APOA1, and the risk of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a serious condition in which hypertrophy of the pyloric sphincter muscle layer leads to gastric outlet obstruction. Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis shows strong familial aggregation and heritability, but knowledge about specific genetic risk variants is limited.

Objectives

To search the genome comprehensively for genetic associations with IHPS and validate findings in 3 independent sample sets.

Design, setting, and participants

During stage 1, we used reference data from the 1000 Genomes Project for imputation into a genome-wide data set of 1001 Danish surgery-confirmed samples (cases diagnosed 1987-2008) and 2371 disease-free controls. In stage 2, the 5 most significantly associated loci were tested in independent case-control sample sets from Denmark (cases diagnosed 1983-2010), Sweden (cases diagnosed 1958-2011), and the United States (cases diagnosed 1998-2005), with a total of 1663 cases and 2315 controls.

Main outcomes and measures

Association of genetic variation with the presence of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

Results

We found a new genome-wide significant locus for IHPS at chromosome 11q23.3. The single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) with the lowest P value at the locus, rs12721025 (odds ratio [OR], 1.59; 95% CI, 1.38-1.83; P = 1.9 × 10(-10)), is located 301 bases downstream of the apolipoprotein A-I (APOA1) gene and is correlated (r2 between 0.46 and 0.80) with SNPs previously found to be associated with levels of circulating cholesterol. For these SNPs, the cholesterol-lowering allele consistently was associated with increased risk of IHPS.

Conclusions and relevance

This study identified a new genome-wide significant locus for IHPS. Characteristics of this locus suggest the possibility of an inverse relationship between levels of circulating cholesterol in neonates and IHPS risk, which warrants further investigation.

SUBMITTER: Feenstra B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4031654 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Plasma lipids, genetic variants near APOA1, and the risk of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

Feenstra Bjarke B Geller Frank F Carstensen Lisbeth L Romitti Paul A PA Körberg Izabella Baranowska IB Bedell Bruce B Krogh Camilla C Fan Ruzong R Svenningsson Anna A Caggana Michele M Nordenskjöld Agneta A Mills James L JL Murray Jeffrey C JC Melbye Mads M

JAMA 20130801 7

<h4>Importance</h4>Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a serious condition in which hypertrophy of the pyloric sphincter muscle layer leads to gastric outlet obstruction. Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis shows strong familial aggregation and heritability, but knowledge about specific genetic risk variants is limited.<h4>Objectives</h4>To search the genome comprehensively for genetic associations with IHPS and validate findings in 3 independent sample sets.<h4>Design, setting ...[more]

PMID: 23989729

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Project description:ObjectiveTo assess the association between use of macrolide antibiotics in mothers and infants from pregnancy onset until 120 days after birth and infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS).DesignNationwide register based cohort study.SettingDenmark, 1996-2011.Participants999,378 liveborn singletons and linked individual level information on macrolide prescriptions (maternal use during pregnancy, n=30,091; maternal use after birth, n=21,557; use in infants, n=6591), surgery for IHPS, and potential confounders.Main outcome measuresSurgery for IHPS by three categories of macrolide use: in mothers during pregnancy, in mothers after birth, and in infants after birth.Results880 infants developed IHPS (0.9 cases per 1000 births). Compared with infants with no use of macrolides, the adjusted rate ratio for IHPS in infants with use of macrolides during days 0 to 13 after birth was 29.8 (95% confidence interval 16.4 to 54.1) and during days 14 to 120 was 3.24 (1.20 to 8.74); the corresponding absolute risk differences were 24.4 (95% confidence interval 13.0 to 44.1) and 0.65 (0.06 to 2.21) cases per 1000 infants exposed to macrolides, respectively. The rate ratio for maternal use of macrolides for days 0 to 13 after birth was 3.49 (1.92 to 6.34) and for days 14 to 120 was 0.70 (0.26 to 1.90); the corresponding absolute risk differences were 2.15 (0.82 to 4.64) and -0.11 (-0.26 to 0.31). The rate ratios for maternal use of macrolides during pregnancy were 1.02 (0.65 to 1.59) for weeks 0 to 27 and 1.77 (0.95 to 3.31) for weeks 28 to birth; the corresponding absolute risk differences were 0.01 (-0.31 to 0.50) and 0.67 (-0.06 to 2.02).ConclusionsTreatment of young infants with macrolide antibiotics was strongly associated with IHPS and should therefore only be administered if potential treatment benefits outweigh the risk. Maternal use of macrolides during the first two weeks after birth was also associated with an increased risk of IHPS. A possible association was also found with use during late pregnancy.

Dataset Information

Plasma lipids, genetic variants near APOA1, and the risk of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

Importance

Objectives

Design, setting, and participants

Main outcomes and measures

Results

Conclusions and relevance

Publications

Plasma lipids, genetic variants near APOA1, and the risk of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

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