A single nucleotide polymorphism in APOA5 determines triglyceride levels in Hong Kong and Guangzhou Chinese

CQ Jiang, B Liu, BMY Cheung, TH Lam, JM Lin, YL Jin, XJ Yue, Kai Ong, S Tam, KS Wong, B Tomlinson, KSL Lam, Graham Thomas

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Abstract

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the apolipoprotein A5 (APOA5) gene have been associated with hypertriglyceridaemia. We investigated which SNPs in the APOA5 gene were associated with triglyceride levels in two independent Chinese populations. In all, 1375 subjects in the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study were genotyped for five tagging SNPs chosen from HapMap. Replication was sought in 1996 subjects from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study. Among the five SNPs, rs662799 (-1131T>C) was strongly related to log-transformed triglyceride levels among Hong Kong subjects (beta=0.192, P=2.6x10(-13)). Plasma triglyceride level was 36.1% higher in CC compared to TT genotype. This association was confirmed in Guangzhou subjects (beta=0.159, P=1.3x10(-12)), and was significantly irrespective of sex, age group, obesity, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, diabetes, smoking and alcohol drinking. The odds ratios and 95% confidence interval for plasma triglycerides >= 1.7 mmol/l associated with TC and CC genotypes were, respectively, 1.81 (1.37-2.39) and 2.22 (1.44-3.43) in Hong Kong and 1.27 (1.05-1.54) and 1.97 (1.42-2.73) in Guangzhou. Haplotype analysis suggested the association was due to rs662799 only. The corroborative findings in two independent populations indicate that the APOA5-1131T>C polymorphism is an important and clinically relevant determinant of plasma triglyceride levels in the Chinese population. European Journal of Human Genetics (2010) 18, 1255-1260; doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.93; published online 23 June 2010
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1255-1260
Number of pages6
JournalEuropean Journal of Human Genetics
Volume18
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2010

Keywords

  • single nucleotide polymorphisms
  • hypertriglyceridaemia
  • apolipoproteins
  • triglycerides

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