title: Genomic ancestry as a predictor of haemodynamic profile in heart failure.
abstract: The aim of this study is to assess the association between genetic ancestry, self-declared race and haemodynamic parameters in patients with chronic heart failure (HF).
  
  
  
  Observational, cross-sectional study. Eligible participants were aged between 18 and 80 years; ejection fraction was ≤50%. Patients underwent genetic analysis of ancestry informative markers, echocardiography and impedance cardiography (ICG). Race was determined by self-classification into two groups: white and non-white. Genomic ancestry was estimated using a panel of 101 348 polymorphic markers and three continental reference populations (European, African and Native American).
  
  
  
  Our study included 362 patients with HF between August 2012 and August 2014. 123 patients with HF declared themselves as white and 234 patients declared themselves as non-white. No statistically significant differences were found regarding the ICG parameters according to self-declared race. The Amerindian ancestry was positively correlated with systolic time ratio (r=0.109, p<0.05). The thoracic fluid content index (r=0.124. p<0.05), E wave peak (r=0.127. p<0.05) and E/e' ratio (r=0.197. p<0.01) were correlated positively with African ancestry. In multiple linear regression, African ancestry remained associated with the E/e' ratio, even after adjustment to risk factors.
  
  
  
  The African genetic ancestry was associated with worse parameters of diastolic function; the Amerindian ancestry correlated with a worse pattern of ventricular contractility, while self-declared colour was not helpful to infer haemodynamic profiles in HF.
  
  
  
  NTC02043431.
authors.affiliation: Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernardez-Pereira
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gioli-Pereira
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiana G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Marcondes-Braga
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Caleb Junior Lima
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Joceli Mabel Rocha
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Spina
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Andréa Roseli Vançan Russo
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Horimoto
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Hadassa Campos
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bacal
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Fábio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Alfredo Jose
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mansur
authors.affiliation: University of California , San Francisco, California , USA.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pietrobon
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: José Eduardo
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Krieger
authors.affiliation: Fluminense Federal University , Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil.
authors.forename: Evandro Tinoco
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Mesquita
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Alexandre Costa
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pereira
keywords: HEART FAILURE