Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: Five hundred eighty-one patients with PCV and 793 controls were enrolled in the study. Association analysis of allele and genotype frequencies was performed for the following single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in blood: rs493258 at the hepatic lipase gene (LIPC), rs3764261 at the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene (CETP), and rs12678919 at the lipoprotein lipase gene (LPL). A further model adjusting for age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2 (ARMS2) A69S, complement factor H (CFH) I62V, age, sex, and smoking status was used to confirm the independent association of these SNPs with other covariates. RESULTS: CETP rs3764261 was significantly associated with the development of PCV; the frequency of the minor allele A was higher in the PCV cases (24.0%) than in the control subjects (18.5%) (P = 0.0025; odds ratio [OR], 1.41; 95% confidence interval, 1.13-1.75). Furthermore, we found an independent association of CETP variants with age, sex, smoking status, and genetic background of ARMS2 A69S, CFH I62V, LIPC rs493258, and LPL rs12678919 (P = 0.0013; OR, 1.50). LIPC rs493258 and LPL rs12678919 did not show significant associations with the development of PCV (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: CETP variants are associated a risk of developing PCV among the Japanese population.
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Authors | Isao Nakata, Kenji Yamashiro, Takahisa Kawaguchi, Norimoto Gotoh, Hideo Nakanishi, Yumiko Akagi-Kurashige, Masahiro Miyake, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Akio Oishi, Masaaki Saito, Tomohiro Iida, Ryo Yamada, Fumihiko Matsuda, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Nagahama Study Group |
Journal | Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
(Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci)
Vol. 54
Issue 9
Pg. 6068-73
(Sep 09 2013)
ISSN: 1552-5783 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 23950155
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- CETP protein, human
- Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins
- DNA
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins
(genetics, metabolism)
- Choroidal Neovascularization
(genetics, metabolism, pathology)
- DNA
(genetics)
- Female
- Fluorescein Angiography
- Fundus Oculi
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Tomography, Optical Coherence
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