Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype-associated disease risks: a phenome-wide, registry-based, case-control study utilising the UK Biobank
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype-associated disease risks: a phenome-wide, registry-based, case-control study utilising the UK Biobank
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102954
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发表时间:
2020-09-01
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11.1
通讯作者:
Hypponen, Elina
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作者:
Lumsden, Amanda L.;Mulugeta, Anwar;Hypponen, Elina
Background: The three main alleles of the APOE gene (epsilon 4, epsilon 3 and epsilon 2) carry differential risks for conditions including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cardiovascular disease. Due to their clinical significance, we explored disease associations of the APOE genotypes using a hypothesis-free, data-driven, phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) approach.Methods: We used data from the UK Biobank to screen for associations between APOE genotypes and over 950 disease outcomes using genotype 8383 as a reference. Data was restricted to 337,484 white British participants (aged 37-73 years).Findings: After correction for multiple testing, PheWAS analyses identified associations with 37 outcomes, representing 18 distinct diseases. As expected, epsilon 3 epsilon 4 and epsilon 4 epsilon 4 genotypes associated with increased odds of AD (p