Fetuin-A and risk of coronary heart disease: A Mendelian randomization analysis and a pooled analysis of AHSG genetic variants in 7 prospective studies

Lars E. Laugsand; Joachim H. Ix; Traci M. Bartz; Luc Djousse; Jorge R. Kizer; Russell P. Tracy; Abbas Dehghan; Kathryn Rexrode; Oscar L. Lopez; Eric B. Rimm; David S. Siscovick; Christopher J. O'Donnell; Anne Newman; Kenneth J. Mukamal; Majken K. Jensen

doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.08.031

Fetuin-A and risk of coronary heart disease: A Mendelian randomization analysis and a pooled analysis of AHSG genetic variants in 7 prospective studies

Lars E. Laugsand, Joachim H. Ix, Traci M. Bartz, Luc Djousse, Jorge R. Kizer, Russell P. Tracy, Abbas Dehghan, Kathryn Rexrode, Oscar L. Lopez, Eric B. Rimm, David S. Siscovick, Christopher J. O'Donnell, Anne Newman, Kenneth J. Mukamal, Majken K. Jensen

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Background and aims: Fetuin-A has a plausible role in the inhibition of arterial calcification, but its association with risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the general population is unclear. We used two common genetic variants in the fetuin-A gene (AHSG) that are strongly associated with circulating fetuin-A levels to investigate the associations with risk of CHD and subclinical cardiovascular measures (intima-media thickness, ankle-arm index, and coronary artery calcification). Methods: Genetic variation and fetuin-A levels were assessed in 3299 community-living individuals (2733 Caucasians and 566 African Americans) 65 years of age or older, free of previous cardiovascular disease, who participated in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) in 1992-1993. Results: Among Caucasians, both rs2248690 and rs4917 were associated with 12% lower fetuin-A concentrations per minor allele (P < 0.0001). The hazard ratios (HRs) per minor allele for incident CHD were 1.12 (95% CI: 1.00-1.26) for rs2248690 and 1.02 (0.91-1.14) for rs4917. Using both genotypes as an instrumental variable for measured fetuin-A, the HRs for one standard deviation increase in genetically determined fetuin-A levels on CHD risk were 0.84 (95% CI: 0.70-1.00) for rs2248690 and 0.97 (95% CI: 0.82-1.14) for rs4917, respectively. However, in CHS neither of the genotypes were associated with subclinical cardiovascular measures and when CHS data were meta-analyzed with data from six other prospective studies (totaling 26,702 Caucasian participants and 3295 CHD cases), the meta-analyzed HRs for incident CHD were 1.12 (0.93-1.34) and 1.06 (0.93-1.20) for rs2248690 and rs4917, respectively (p heterogeneity 0.005 and 0.0048). Conclusion: Common variants in the AHSG gene are strongly associated with fetuin-A levels, but their concurrent association with CHD risk in current prospective studies is inconsistent. Further investigation in studies with measured fetuin-A and AHSG variants is needed to clarify the potential causal association of fetuin-A with CHD risk.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	44-52
Number of pages	9
Journal	Atherosclerosis
Volume	243
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.08.031
State	Published - Nov 1 2015

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Coronary heart disease
Fetuin-A
Mendelian randomization
Meta-analysis
Single nucleotide polymorphisms

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Laugsand, L. E., Ix, J. H., Bartz, T. M., Djousse, L., Kizer, J. R., Tracy, R. P., Dehghan, A., Rexrode, K., Lopez, O. L., Rimm, E. B., Siscovick, D. S., O'Donnell, C. J., Newman, A., Mukamal, K. J., & Jensen, M. K. (2015). Fetuin-A and risk of coronary heart disease: A Mendelian randomization analysis and a pooled analysis of AHSG genetic variants in 7 prospective studies. Atherosclerosis, 243(1), 44-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.08.031

Laugsand, LE, Ix, JH, Bartz, TM, Djousse, L, Kizer, JR, Tracy, RP, Dehghan, A, Rexrode, K, Lopez, OL, Rimm, EB, Siscovick, DS, O'Donnell, CJ, Newman, A, Mukamal, KJ & Jensen, MK 2015, 'Fetuin-A and risk of coronary heart disease: A Mendelian randomization analysis and a pooled analysis of AHSG genetic variants in 7 prospective studies', Atherosclerosis, vol. 243, no. 1, pp. 44-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.08.031

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