No Association of Coronary Artery Disease with X-Chromosomal Variants in Comprehensive International Meta-Analysis



Loley, Christina, Alver, Maris, Assimes, Themistocles L, Bjonnes, Andrew, Goel, Anuj, Gustafsson, Stefan, Hernesniemi, Jussi, Hopewell, Jemma C, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E
et al (show 68 more authors) (2016) No Association of Coronary Artery Disease with X-Chromosomal Variants in Comprehensive International Meta-Analysis. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6 (1). 35278-.

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Abstract

In recent years, genome-wide association studies have identified 58 independent risk loci for coronary artery disease (CAD) on the autosome. However, due to the sex-specific data structure of the X chromosome, it has been excluded from most of these analyses. While females have 2 copies of chromosome X, males have only one. Also, one of the female X chromosomes may be inactivated. Therefore, special test statistics and quality control procedures are required. Thus, little is known about the role of X-chromosomal variants in CAD. To fill this gap, we conducted a comprehensive X-chromosome-wide meta-analysis including more than 43,000 CAD cases and 58,000 controls from 35 international study cohorts. For quality control, sex-specific filters were used to adequately take the special structure of X-chromosomal data into account. For single study analyses, several logistic regression models were calculated allowing for inactivation of one female X-chromosome, adjusting for sex and investigating interactions between sex and genetic variants. Then, meta-analyses including all 35 studies were conducted using random effects models. None of the investigated models revealed genome-wide significant associations for any variant. Although we analyzed the largest-to-date sample, currently available methods were not able to detect any associations of X-chromosomal variants with CAD.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chromosomes, Human, X, Humans, Cohort Studies, Internationality, Female, Male, Coronary Artery Disease
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 18 Nov 2016 17:04
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 07:25
DOI: 10.1038/srep35278
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3004613