Abstract | BACKGROUND AND AIMS: METHODS: We quantified over 100 lipoprotein metabolomic measures in the Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity (NEO) study (N = 4838) and Oxford Biobank (OBB) (N = 6999) by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Weighted genetic scores for TG via five LPL alleles and LDL-C via 19 alleles were calculated and dichotomized by the median, resulting in four genotype combinations of high/low TG and high/low LDL-C. We performed linear regression analyses using a two × two design with the group with genetically-influenced high TG and LDL-C as a reference. RESULTS: Compared to the individual groups with genetically-influenced lower TG or lower LDL-C only, the group with combined genetically-influenced lower TG and LDL-C showed an overall independent and additive pattern of changes in metabolomic measures. Over 100 measures were different (p < 1.35 × 10-3) compared to the reference, with effect sizes and directionality being similar in NEO and OBB. Most notably, levels of all very-low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and LDL sub-particles were lower. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide evidence that TG-lowering on top of LDL-C-lowering has additive beneficial effects on the lipoprotein profile compared to TG-lowering or LDL-C-lowering only, which is in accordance with reported additive genetic effects on CVD risk reduction.
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Authors | Dorina Ibi, Lisanne L Blauw, Raymond Noordam, Martijn E T Dollé, J Wouter Jukema, Frits R Rosendaal, Constantinos Christodoulides, Matt J Neville, Robert Koivula, Patrick C N Rensen, Fredrik Karpe, Ko Willems van Dijk |
Journal | Atherosclerosis
(Atherosclerosis)
Vol. 328
Pg. 144-152
(07 2021)
ISSN: 1879-1484 [Electronic] Ireland |
PMID | 34053745
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Lipoproteins
- Triglycerides
- Lipase
- Lipoprotein Lipase
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Topics |
- Alleles
- Cholesterol, LDL
(genetics)
- Lipase
- Lipoprotein Lipase
(genetics)
- Lipoproteins
- Netherlands
- Triglycerides
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