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Aqsa Aslam1,2, Susanne J H Vijverberg2, Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee2
1Center for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB), University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan.
Background:
Genetic factors play a role in asthma severity. However, low- and middle-income countries have minimal contribution to genomic asthma research. The current study investigates the influence of an important genetic asthma region (6p21) on severe asthma in a cohort of asthmatics in Pakistan.
Materials And Methods:
In this case-control study, mild to severe asthmatic patients (n = 255) and controls (n = 260) were enrolled from Lahore, Pakistan. Blood samples were collected, and genomic DNA was extracted for the genotyping of 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms located in the 6p21 region. Severe asthma was defined based on the defined daily dose of inhaled corticosteroids equivalent to 200 mcg of beclomethasone dipropionate (as per the global initiative for asthma guidelines). An additive genetic model was followed to find the associations between these variants and the outcome. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression, adjusted for confounders, was performed. Odds ratio (OR), 95% confidence interval (95% CI), p-value, and q-values after FDR adjustment were estimated.
Results:
The genetic variants rs3025028, rs987870, and rs3025039 showed strong associations with the incidence of asthma with odds ratios of 1.58, 1.62, and 2.70 (95% CI = 1.16-2.16, 1.15-2.30, and 1.40-5.39, respectively). Further stratification analysis to study the risk of severe asthma also revealed markedly significant associations for rs3025020 and rs1799964 (OR = 2.28 and 2.99; 95% CI = 1.39-3.86 and 1.75-5.33, respectively). However, the SNPs rs2070600, rs987870, and rs3025039 also showed a significant relationship with the severity (OR = 2.34, 1.75, and 2.72; 95% CI = 1.02-5.97, 1.07-2.98, and 1.11-7.71, respectively), but FDR-adjusted q-values were insignificant (0.10, 0.07, and 0.07, respectively).
Conclusions:
The 6p21 region variants rs3025028, rs987870, and rs3025039 are associated with the incidence, whereas rs3025020 and rs1799964 are associated with the risk of more severe asthma in the Pakistani population.
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