遺伝的にリポプロテインが上昇し,心筋梗塞のリスクが増加します
Pia R Kamstrup1, Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen, Rolf Steffensen
1Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark.
JAMA
|June 11, 2009
まとめ
高レベルのリポプロテインは,心筋梗塞 (MI) のリスクを大幅に高めます. 遺伝的分析は,リポプロテイン (a) の増加と心臓発作のリスクとの間の因果関係を支持し,心血管疾患におけるその役割を強化しています.
科学分野:
- 心血管遺伝学 心血管遺伝学
- 脂質代謝についてです.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
背景:
- リポプロテインの濃度の上昇は,心筋梗塞 (MI) の既知の危険因子である.
- リポプロテイン (a) と心筋梗塞のリスクとの因果関係は,遺伝データを用いてさらなる調査を必要とする.
研究 の 目的:
- 遺伝子データが,高血脂タンパク質 (a) レベルと心筋梗塞 (MI) リスクとの間の因果関係を支持するかどうかを判断する.
- リポプロテイン (a) レベルに関連する遺伝的変異を因果推論のためのインストゥルメンタル変数として利用する.
主な方法:
- 4万人を超える参加者を含むデンマークの3つの人口調査 (CCHS,CGPS,CIHDS) の分析.
- 血リポプロテイン (a) レベルとリポプロテイン (a) クリンクルIV型2型 (KIV-2) サイズポリモルフィズム遺伝子型の測定.
- 多変数調整のコックス回帰と楽器変数解析を用いて,遺伝的に決定されたリポプロテインとMIリスクとの関連性を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 血リポプロテイン (a) 濃度の上昇は,コペンハーゲン・シティ・ハート・スタディのMIの危険比率の増加と有意に関連していた (傾向P < .001).
- KIV-2のリピートポリモルフィズムが,プラズマのリポプロテイン (a) 濃度の変動の有意な部分を説明しました.
- インストゥルメンタル変数の分析は,コックス回帰による1.08 (95%CI,1.03-1.12) と比較して,リポプロテイン (a) レベルが倍増するごとに1.22 (95%CI,1.09-1.37) の危険比率で因果関係を示した.
結論:
- この研究は,リポプロテイン (a) レベルが上昇し,心筋梗塞のリスクが増加するとの間の因果関係を支持する遺伝的証拠を提供します.
- これらの発見は,心血管疾患の有意で遺伝的に影響されるリスク因子としてのリポプロテインの役割を強化しています.
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