(02-11-11) The Effect of Chromosome 9p21 Variants on Cardiovascular Disease May Be Modified by Dietary Intake

: Evidence from a Case/Control and a Prospective Study

Ron Do1, Changchun Xie2,3, Xiaohe Zhang2, Satu M?nnist?4, Kennet Harald4, Shofiqul Islam2,3, Swneke D. Bailey1, Sumathy Rangarajan2, Matthew J. McQueen2, Rafael Diaz5, Liu Lisheng6, Xingyu Wang7, Kaisa Silander4,8, Leena Peltonen4,8?, Salim Yusuf2, Veikko Salomaa4, James C. Engert1,9,10*, Sonia S. Anand2,3*, on behalf of the INTERHEART investigators
1 Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montr?al, Quebec, Canada, 2 Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 3 Departments of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 4 Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, 5 Estudios Cardiologicos Latinoamerica, Rosario, Argentina, 6 Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Hypertension League Institute, Beijing, China, 7 Laboratory of Human Genetics, Beijing Hypertension League Institute, Beijing, China, 8 Human Genomics Unit, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 9 Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montr?al, Quebec, Canada, 10 The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montr?al, Quebec, Canada
Abstract
One of the most robust genetic associations for cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the Chromosome 9p21 region. However, the interaction of this locus with environmental factors has not been extensively explored. We investigated the association of 9p21 with myocardial infarction (MI) in individuals of different ethnicities, and tested for an interaction with environmental factors.
Methods and Findings
We genotyped four 9p21 SNPs in 8,114 individuals from the global INTERHEART study. All four variants were associated with MI, with odds ratios (ORs) of 1.18 to 1.20 (1.85?10−8≤p≤5.21?10−7). A significant interaction (p = 4.0?10−4) was observed between rs2383206 and a factor-analysis-derived ?prudent? diet pattern score, for which a major component was raw vegetables. An effect of 9p21 on MI was observed in the group with a low prudent diet score (OR = 1.32, p = 6.82?10−7), but the effect was diminished in a step-wise fashion in the medium (OR = 1.17, p = 4.9?10−3) and high prudent diet scoring groups (OR = 1.02, p = 0.68) (p = 0.014 for difference). We also analyzed data from 19,129 individuals (including 1,014 incident cases of CVD) from the prospective FINRISK study, which used a closely related dietary variable. In this analysis, the 9p21 risk allele demonstrated a larger effect on CVD risk in the groups with diets low or average for fresh vegetables, fruits, and berries (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.22, p = 3.0?10−4, and HR = 1.35, p = 4.1?10−3, respectively) compared to the group with high consumption of these foods (HR = 0.96, p = 0.73) (p = 0.0011 for difference). The combination of the least prudent diet and two copies of the risk allele was associated with a 2-fold increase in risk for MI (OR = 1.98, p = 2.11?10−9) in the INTERHEART study and a 1.66-fold increase in risk for CVD in the FINRISK study (HR = 1.66, p = 0.0026).
Conclusions
The risk of MI and CVD conferred by Chromosome 9p21 SNPs appears to be modified by a prudent diet high in raw vegetables and fruits.
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