Association of phosphodiesterase 4D polymorphisms with ischemic stroke in a US population stratified by hypertension status.
OBJECTIVE
Phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) underlies the STRK1 linkage peak for stroke on chromosome 5q12 identified in Iceland. We tested association of 13 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and 1 microsatellite in a nested case-control sample of elderly white women (>65 years of age) from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) in the United States.


METHODS
The genotypes of 248 women who experienced an incident ischemic stroke during an average of 5.4 years of follow-up were compared with 560 controls.


RESULTS
Marginal associations with stroke (P<0.10) were found for 3 polymorphisms. Stratification of the population by hypertension markedly strengthened the association. SNPs 9 (hazard ratio [HR], 0.48; 95% CI, 0.26 to 0.91), 42 (HR, 1.73; 95% CI, 1.10 to 2.70), 219 (HR, 1.73; 95% CI, 1.13 to 2.64), and 220 (HR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.05 to 2.32) showed significant association with stroke (P<0.05) under a dominant model in subjects without hypertension at baseline, and SNP 175 was significantly associated with stroke under an additive model (HR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.59 to 0.98) in subjects with hypertension. Furthermore, the microsatellite AC008818-1 showed association with stroke only in the nonhypertensive subjects. Based on results in Iceland, specific haplotypes were tested in SOF, and stratification by hypertension also affected these association results.


CONCLUSIONS
These data are consistent with an association of the PDE4D gene with stroke in a non-Icelandic sample and suggest an effect of hypertension status.
Brophy
Victoria H
VH
Roche Molecular Systems, Alameda, CA 94501, USA. victoria_h.brophy@roche.com
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Sunhee K
SK
Rhees
Brian K
BK
Lui
Li-Yung
LY
Lee
Jocelyn M
JM
Umblas
Nanette
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Bentley
L Gordon
LG
Li
Jia
J
Cheng
Suzanne
S
Browner
Warren S
WS
Erlich
Henry A
HA