title: Association between -250G/A polymorphism of the hepatic lipase gene promoter and coronary artery disease and HDL-C levels in a Southern Brazilian population.
abstract: Hepatic lipase (HL) is a glycoprotein that plays a major role in remodeling high-density lipoprotein (HDL). The effect of the -250G/A promoter polymorphism on coronary artery disease (CAD) and lipid levels was studied in 231 male CAD patients and in a population-based sample of men and women (n = 514). A sample of 140 men was chosen among those included in the population-based sample as controls for the CAD sample. In the total group of CAD patients, the frequency of the -250A allele was somewhat lower (25% in CAD patients and 32% in controls; p = 0.06), but when the control samples were compared only with the CAD(+) sample (more than 60% of luminal stenosis in at least one coronary artery or major branch segment) the -250A allele was significantly less frequent (23% in the patients vs 32% in controls; p = 0.02). A multiple logistic regression analysis showed that this association was independent of classical CAD risk factors [odds ratio (OR) = 1.79, p = 0.025]. Using multiple linear regression analyses, it has been shown that this polymorphism was a significant factor affecting HDL-C levels in men from the population-based sample (p = 0.001), an interaction between -250G/A variant and wine consumption was also detected (p = 0.001). Thus, our results show that the -250G/A polymorphism in the HL gene is associated with significant variations in HDL-C levels and CAD risk in males.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: de Andrade
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arsand
authors.forename: A L S
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Zago
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Callegari-Jaques
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hutz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000208:ethnology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008049:Lipase / Q000235:genetics*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012044:Regression Analysis; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008049:Lipase