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Transethnic and race-stratified genome-wide association study of fibroid characteristics in African American and European American women.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To identify, through genome-wide association studies, genetic loci that associate with differences in fibroid size and number in a population of African American and European American women. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:Not applicable. PATIENT(S):Using BioVU, a clinical population from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults cohort, a prospective cohort, we identified 1520 women (609 African American and 911 European American) with documented fibroid characteristics. INTERVENTION(S):None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):Outcome measurements include volume of largest fibroid, largest fibroid dimension, and number of fibroids (single vs. multiple). RESULT(S):In race-stratified analyses we achieved genome-wide significance at a variant located between MAT2B and TENM2 (rs57542984, ? = 0.13; 95% confidence interval 0.09, 0.17) for analyses of largest fibroid dimension in African Americans. The strongest signal for transethnic analyses was at a variant on 1q31.1 located between PLA2G4A and BRINP3 (rs6605005, ? = 0.24; 95% confidence interval 0.15, 0.33) for fibroid volume. Results from MetaXcan identified an association between predicted expression of the gene ER degradation enhancing alpha-mannosidase like protein 2 (EDEM2) in the thyroid and number of fibroids (Z score = -4.51). CONCLUSION(S):This study identified many novel associations between genetic loci and fibroid size and number in both race-stratified and transethnic analyses. Future studies are necessary to further validate our study findings and to better understand the mechanisms underlying these associations.

SUBMITTER: Bray MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6132266 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transethnic and race-stratified genome-wide association study of fibroid characteristics in African American and European American women.

Bray Michael J MJ   Wellons Melissa F MF   Jones Sarah H SH   Torstenson Eric S ES   Edwards Todd L TL   Velez Edwards Digna R DR  

Fertility and sterility 20180901 4


<h4>Objective</h4>To identify, through genome-wide association studies, genetic loci that associate with differences in fibroid size and number in a population of African American and European American women.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional study.<h4>Setting</h4>Not applicable.<h4>Patient(s)</h4>Using BioVU, a clinical population from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults cohort, a prospective cohort, we identified 1520 women (609 Africa  ...[more]

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