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Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease.
Nat. Genet. 45, 1345-1352 (2013)
Triglycerides are transported in plasma by specific triglyceride-rich lipoproteins; in epidemiological studies, increased triglyceride levels correlate with higher risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). However, it is unclear whether this association reflects causal processes. We used 185 common variants recently mapped for plasma lipids (P < 5 × 10(-8) for each) to examine the role of triglycerides in risk for CAD. First, we highlight loci associated with both low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglyceride levels, and we show that the direction and magnitude of the associations with both traits are factors in determining CAD risk. Second, we consider loci with only a strong association with triglycerides and show that these loci are also associated with CAD. Finally, in a model accounting for effects on LDL-C and/or high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels, the strength of a polymorphism's effect on triglyceride levels is correlated with the magnitude of its effect on CAD risk. These results suggest that triglyceride-rich lipoproteins causally influence risk for CAD.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
High-density-lipoprotein ; Ischemic-heart-disease ; Type-2 Diabetes-mellitus ; Mendelian Randomization ; Cardiovascular-disease ; Genetic Epidemiology ; Cholesterol Levels ; Loci ; Contribute ; Therapy
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1061-4036
e-ISSN
1546-1718
Journal
Nature Genetics
Quellenangaben
Volume: 45,
Issue: 11,
Pages: 1345-1352
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Publishing Place
New York, NY
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Peer reviewed