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. 2012 Nov 14:11:155.
doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-11-155.

Evaluation of seven common lipid associated loci in a large Indian sib pair study

Sajjad Rafiq  1 , Kranthi Kumar M Venkata, Vipin Gupta, D G Vinay, Charles J Spurgeon, Smitha Parameshwaran, Sandeep N Madana, Sanjay Kinra, Liza Bowen, Nicholas J Timpson, George Davey Smith, Frank Dudbridge, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, K Srinath Reddy, Shah Ebrahim, Giriraj R Chandak; Indian Migration Study Group
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Evaluation of seven common lipid associated loci in a large Indian sib pair study

Sajjad Rafiq et al. Lipids Health Dis. .

Abstract

Background: Genome wide association studies (GWAS), mostly in Europeans have identified several common variants as associated with key lipid traits. Replication of these genetic effects in South Asian populations is important since it would suggest wider relevance for these findings. Given the rising prevalence of metabolic disorders and heart disease in the Indian sub-continent, these studies could be of future clinical relevance.

Methods: We studied seven common variants associated with a variety of lipid traits in previous GWASs. The study sample comprised of 3178 sib-pairs recruited as participants for the Indian Migration Study (IMS). Associations with various lipid parameters and quantitative traits were analyzed using the Fulker genetic association model.

Results: We replicated five of the 7 main effect associations with p-values ranging from 0.03 to 1.97x10(-7). We identified particularly strong association signals at rs662799 in APOA5 (beta=0.18 s.d, p=1.97 x 10(-7)), rs10503669 in LPL (beta =-0.18 s.d, p=1.0 x 10(-4)) and rs780094 in GCKR (beta=0.11 s.d, p=0.001) loci in relation to triglycerides. In addition, the GCKR variant was also associated with total cholesterol (beta=0.11 s.d, p=3.9x10(-4)). We also replicated the association of rs562338 in APOB (p=0.03) and rs4775041 in LIPC (p=0.007) with LDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol respectively.

Conclusions: We report associations of five loci with various lipid traits with the effect size consistent with the same reported in Europeans. These results indicate an overlap of genetic effects pertaining to lipid traits across the European and Indian populations.

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