title: Genetic association of rs11610206 SNP on chromosome 12q13 with late-onset Alzheimer's disease in a Han Chinese population.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Several genome wide screens and candidate gene studies have implicated the chromosome 12p13 locus as possibly harboring genetic variants predisposed to late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). Recently, the strongest significant association was reported for the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs11610206 on chromosome 12q13 in an independent genome-wide association study (GWAS) in Caucasians.
  
  
  METHODS
  We investigated whether the SNP on chromosome 12q13 was associated with LOAD in a Han Chinese population. The common rs11610206 SNP on chromosome 12q13 was genotyped using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in 322 patients with LOAD and in 391 healthy controls matched for sex and age.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with LOAD had higher frequencies of T allele (56.0% versus 49.2%) compared with controls [odds ratio (OR)=1.45, 95% confidence intervals (CI)=1.08-1.95, and P=0.01]. After stratification by APOE ε4-carrying status, the T allele of rs11610206 was significantly associated with LOAD only in APOE ε4 allele carriers (OR=2.05, 95% CI=1.21-3.47, and P=0.007). Furthermore, multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the TT genotype carriers demonstrated a 1.52-fold risk when compared with (TC+CC) genotype carriers (OR=1.52, 95% CI=1.07-2.17, and P=0.02).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrates an association of rs11610206 polymorphism locus on chromosome 12q13 with risk for LOAD in Han Chinese.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266071, China.
authors.forename: Jin-Tai
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Cai-Xia
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Hao-Wen
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhong-Chen
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Nan-Nan
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12 / Q000235:genetics*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D013997:Time Factors