title: Genetic analysis of six SNPs in candidate genes associated with high cross-race risk of development of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections in Chinese Han population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Genetic susceptibility is an important risk factor for aortic aneurysm and dissection. Recent case-control association studies have identified six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in a Caucasian population. We aimed to determine whether these loci confer susceptibility to thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) in a Chinese Han population and thus to establish cross-race susceptibility to TAD.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study analyzed blood DNA isolated from 206 TAD patients and 180 controls from the ethnic Chinese Han population. Six SNPs - rs819146, rs8003379, rs2853523, rs326118, rs3788205, and rs10757278 - were genotyped using high-throughput matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The A allele frequency for the SNP on 9p21, tagged as rs10757278, was higher in male TAD patients than in male controls (P=0.017). Moreover, with adjustment for traditional cardiovascular risk factors (sex, age, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and smoking), the rs10757278 [odds ratio (OR) 0.63, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.43 to 0.93] polymorphism was found to be an independent susceptibility factor for TAD in men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that a sequence variant on 9p21 is an important susceptibility locus that confers high cross-race risk for development of TAD in Chinese Han population.
authors.affiliation: Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education, Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital Affiliated to the Capital Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Ou
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jian-rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Hong-jia
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000235:genetics*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000235:genetics*; D044466:Asian People; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors