Genetic Determinants of Major Blood Lipids in Pakistanis Compared
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Genetic Determinants of Major Blood Lipids in Pakistanis Compared
Genetic Determinants of Major Blood Lipids in Pakistanis Compared With Europeans Downloaded from http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/ by guest on November 19, 2016 Danish Saleheen, MBBS, MPhil; Nicole Soranzo, BSc, PhD; Asif Rasheed, MBBS; Hubert Scharnagl, PhD; Rhian Gwilliam, PhD; Myriam Alexander, MSc, MPhil; Michael Inouye, PhD; Moazzam Zaidi, MBBS; Simon Potter, PhD; Philip Haycock, MSc, MPhil; Suzanna Bumpstead, BSc; Stephen Kaptoge, PhD; Emanuele Di Angelantonio, MD, MSc, PhD; Nadeem Sarwar, MRPharmS, PhD; Sarah E. Hunt, PhD; Nasir Sheikh, MSc; Nabi Shah, B-Pharmacy; Maria Samuel, BSc, MSc; Shajjia Razi Haider, MSc; Muhammed Murtaza, MBBS; Alexander Thompson, PhD; Reeta Gobin, MBBS, MPhil; Adam Butterworth, PhD, MSc; Usman Ahmad, MBBS; Abdul Hakeem, MBBS; Khan Shah Zaman, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP, MRCS; Assadullah Kundi, MBBS, FCPS; Zia Yaqoob, MBBS, FACC; Liaquat Ali Cheema, MBBS, PhD; Nadeem Qamar, MBBS, FACC; Azhar Faruqui, FACC, FRCP, FCPS, FAHA; Nadeem Hayat Mallick, MBBS, MRCP; Muhammad Azhar, MBBS, MRCP; Abdus Samad, MD, FACC; Muhammad Ishaq, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP, FACC; Syed Zahed Rasheed, MD, FESC, FRCP; Rashid Jooma, MBBS; Jawaid Hassan Niazi, MBBS, FCPS; Ali Raza Gardezi, MBBS, MRCP; Nazir Ahmed Memon, MBBS, FRCP, FACC, FACVS; Abdul Ghaffar, MBBS, FCPS; Fazal-ur Rehman, MBBS; Michael Marcus Hoffmann, PhD; Wilfried Renner, PhD; Marcus E. Kleber, PhD; Tanja B. Grammer, MD; Jonathon Stephens, BSc; Anthony Attwood; Kerstin Koch, PhD; Mustafa Hussain, MBBS; Kishore Kumar, MBBS; Asim Saleem, MBBS; Kishwar Kumar, MBBS; Muhammad Salman Daood, MBBS; Aftab Alam Gul, MBBS; Shahid Abbas, MBBS; Junaid Zafar, MBBS; Faisal Shahid, MBBS; Shahzad Majeed Bhatti, MBBS; Syed Saadat Ali, MBBS; Muhammad Fahim, MBBS; Gurdeep Sagoo, BSc, MSc, PhD; Sarah Bray, MA, PhD; Ralph McGinnis, PhD; Frank Dudbridge, PhD; Bernhard R. Winkelmann, PhD; Bernhard Böehm, MD, PhD; Simon Thompson, DSc; Willem Ouwehand, MD, PhD, FRCPath; Winfried März, MD; Philippe Frossard, PhD, DSc; John Danesh, DPhil, FRCP, FFPH; Panos Deloukas, PhD Background—Evidence is sparse about the genetic determinants of major lipids in Pakistanis. Methods and Results—Variants (n⫽45 000) across 2000 genes were assessed in 3200 Pakistanis and compared with 2450 Germans using the same gene array and similar lipid assays. We also did a meta-analysis of selected lipid-related variants in Europeans. Pakistani genetic architecture was distinct from that of several ethnic groups represented in international reference samples. Forty-one variants at 14 loci were significantly associated with levels of HDL-C, Received September 3, 2009; accepted May 5, 2010. From the Center for Non-Communicable Diseases (D.S., A.F., M.Z., N.Shah, M.S., S.R.H., M.M., U.A., K.Kumar, A.H., M.H., A.S., Kishore Kumar, Kishwar Kumar, M.S.D., A.A.G., S.S., J.Z., F.S., S.M.B., S.S.A., S.M.B., S.S.Ali, M.F., P.F.) Karachi, Pakistan; Department of Public Health and Primary Care (D.S., M.A., P.H., S.K., E.D.A., N.Sarwar, N.Sheikh, A.T., R.G., A.B., J.D.), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (N.S., R.G., M.I., S.P., S.B., P.D., S.E.H., R.G.), Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology (N.S., W.O.), King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital Campus, London, United Kingdom; Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics (H.S., W.R.), Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (K.S.Z., A.K., Z.Y., L.A.C., N.Q., A.F.), Karachi, Pakistan; Punjab Institute of Cardiology (N.H., M.A.), Lahore, Pakistan; Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (A.S., M.I., S.Z.R.), Karachi, Pakistan; Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (R.J., J.H.N.), Karachi, Pakistan; Multan Institute of Cardiology (A.R.G.), Multan, Pakistan; Civil Hospital (N.A.M., A.G.), Hyderabad, Pakistan; Red Crescent Institute of Cardiology (F.u.R.), Hyderabad, Pakistan; Division of Clinical Chemistry (M.M.H.), Department of Medicine, Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg Germany; LURIC Nonprofit LLC (M.E.K.), Freiburg, Germany; Synlab Center of Laboratory Diagnostics Heidelberg (T.B.G., W.M.), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Haematology (J.S., A.A., W.O., K.Koch), University of Cambridge and NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, United Kingdom; PHG Foundation (G.S.), Strangeways Research Laboratories, United Kingdom; MRC Biostatistics Unit (S.B., F.D., S.T.), Cambridge, United Kingdom; Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes and Institute of Public Health (B.R.W., W.M.), Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany, Graduate School Molecular Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Ulm, Ulm Germany; and Cardiology Group Frankfurt (B.B.), Frankfurt, Germany. Drs Saleheen, Soranzo, Danesh, and Deloukas contributed equally to this work. The online-only Data Supplement is available at http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/CIRCGENETICS.109.906180/DC1. Correspondence to Danish Saleheen, MBBS, Center for Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCD), Karachi, Pakistan, and Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK. E-mail [email protected] © 2010 American Heart Association, Inc. Circ Cardiovasc Genet is available at http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org 348 DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.109.906180 Saleheen et al Genetic Loci for Major Lipids in Pakistan 349 triglyceride, or LDL-C. The most significant lipid-related variants identified among Pakistanis corresponded to genes previously shown to be relevant to Europeans, such as CETP associated with HDL-C levels (rs711752; P⬍10⫺13), APOA5/ZNF259 (rs651821; P⬍10⫺13) and GCKR (rs1260326; P⬍10⫺13) with triglyceride levels; and CELSR2 variants with LDL-C levels (rs646776; P⬍10⫺9). For Pakistanis, these 41 variants explained 6.2%, 7.1%, and 0.9% of the variation in HDL-C, triglyceride, and LDL-C, respectively. Compared with Europeans, the allele frequency of rs662799 in APOA5 among Pakistanis was higher and its impact on triglyceride concentration was greater (P-value for difference ⬍10⫺4). Conclusions—Several lipid-related genetic variants are common to Pakistanis and Europeans, though they explain only a modest proportion of population variation in lipid concentration. Allelic frequencies and effect sizes of lipid-related variants can differ between Pakistanis and Europeans. (Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2010;3:348-357.) Key Words: lipids 䡲 HDL-C 䡲 LDL-C 䡲 triglyceride 䡲 Pakistan 䡲 gene 䡲 population structure 䡲 GWAS 䡲 IBC-array 䡲 meta-analysis Downloaded from http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/ by guest on November 19, 2016 L evels of major blood lipids—that is, concentrations of low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C and HDL-C) and triglyceride—are each strongly, log-linearly, and positively (or, in the case of HDL-C, inversely) associated with the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).1,2 Linkage and twin based studies suggest that more than 50% of the variation in these circulating lipids is determined by genetic factors.3–5 Several genetic variants have been established in the regulation of lipid metabolism in people of European continental ancestry, including 40 genomic loci (represented by 152 SNPs) identified in genome-wide association studies.5–16 In contrast with considerable evidence available on people of European ancestry, data on genetic regulation of major blood lipids in Pakistanis are limited. For example, the previous largest relevant study reported on 5 genetic markers in relation to a few hundred participants.17 Clinical Perspective on p 357 We report the first large-scale study of the genetic determinants of LDL-C, HDL-C and triglyceride concentrations in people living in Pakistan, a country of ⬎180 million people with a high burden of cardiovascular disease. We have assayed over 45 000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across 2000 candidate genes using the ITMAT-Broad-CARe (IBC) array18 in 3200 participants from the Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study (PROMIS).19 We compared association signals observed in PROMIS with those in 2450 participants of German ancestry from the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) prospective study, which used the same gene array.20 To place the German findings in the context of data from other populations of European ancestry, we did a meta-analysis of published studies. Materials and Methods Participants This report follows the reporting recommendations of STREGA.21 PROMIS is a case-control study of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in 6 centers in urban Pakistan.20 MI cases had symptoms within 24 hours of hospital presentation, typical ECG changes, and a positive troponin-I test. Control subjects were individuals without a history of cardiovascular disease. They were frequency-matched to cases by sex and age (in 5-year bands) and concurrently identified in the same hospitals as index cases because they were either (1) visitors of patients attending the outpatient department, (2) patients attending the outpatient department for routine noncardiac complaints, or (3) non– blood-related visitors of index MI cases. People with recent illnesses or infections were not eligible. Information was recorded on personal and parental ethnicity, spoken language, dietary intake, lifestyle factors, and other characteristics. Nonfasting blood samples (with the time since last meal recorded) were drawn from each participant and centrifuged within 45 minutes of venepuncture. Serum samples were stored at ⫺80°C. Total cholesterol, HDL-C, and triglyceride concentrations were measured using enzymatic methods (Roche Diagnostics, USA) at the Center for NonCommunicable Diseases, Pakistan. LDL-C concentration was calculated using the Friedewald formula.22 LURIC is a prospective study of cardiovascular death in individuals of German ancestry resident in southwest Germany who underwent elective coronary angiography and left ventriculography between June 1997 and January 2000.21 CHD in the current analyses was defined by troponin-confirmed MI (ie, acute ST- or non– ST elevation MI or based on past medical records) or presence of visible luminal narrowing of ⱖ50% in at least 1 coronary vessel. Individuals with ⱖ20% but ⬍50% stenosis were excluded from the analyses. Individuals with stenosis ⬍20% were regarded as control subjects. Fasting blood samples collected before angiography were kept frozen at ⫺80°C between the day of blood draw and the day of analysis for total cholesterol, HDL-C and triglycerides (all determined enzymatically). The studies were approved by relevant ethics committees, and participants gave informed consent. Genotyping All genotyping was performed at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute using the “IBC” array of about 2000 candidate genes.18 Variants on the array were selected on the basis of (1) genes with known associations for various cardiovascular, pulmonary, and sleep related disorders, (2) information from pathway-based tools for the identification of biologically plausible candidate genes, (3) unpublished functional experiments in mice, (4) findings from various genome-wide scans, and (5) priority SNPs identified by IBC consortium investigators.18 SNPs (n⫽45 237) in version 1 of this array were genotyped in the PROMIS participants and were called using the Illuminus algorithm.23 Markers were excluded from analysis if the call rate was ⬍95% (372 SNPs); there was evidence of departure from Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium at a probability value of ⬍10⫺3 (1750 SNPs); or the minor allele frequency (MAF) was ⬍1% (11 931 SNPs, with most such omissions due to genetic markers relevant in Africans being uninformative in Pakistanis and Europeans). LURIC participants were typed with version 2 of the IBC array and underwent the same calling and quality control procedures. Because version 2 has 4050 additional SNPs, these SNPs were excluded from the current analysis. After quality control, 31 883 SNPs in 3197 Pakistanis and 35 533 SNPs in 2452 Germans were available for analyses. Statistical Methods To compare the genetic structure of Pakistanis with that of several major ethnic groups, we received permission from HapMap3 inves- 350 Circ Cardiovasc Genet August 2010 Table. Characteristics of the Participants From PROMIS and LURIC Studies Characteristics PROMIS (n⫽3195) Age, y LURIC (n⫽2452) 53.2 (10) 62 (10) Women, % 17.5 29.5 Self-reported history of diabetes mellitus, % 17.2 32.4 Family history of MI, % 15.4% 10% 2 Body mass index, kg/m 25.2 (4.3) Total cholesterol, mmol/L 27.4 (4.0) Downloaded from http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/ by guest on November 19, 2016 4.6 (1.3) 5.0 (1.0) Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L 2.70 (1.20) 2.96 (0.85) High density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L 0.82 (0.24) 0.99 (0.27) 0.56 (0.22–0.95) 0.49 (0.21–0.81) Triglycerides, mmol/L Data are mean (SD), median (IQR), or %. tigators to conduct principal components analyses on 1124 participants in HapMap3. We selected 19 931 SNPs in common with the PROMIS sample, and excluded 11 952 A/T and C/G SNPs to avoid possible strand alignment bias because it is difficult to infer the minor allele for A/T or C/G SNPs for non-HapMap populations.8 To investigate genetic substructure, we classified Pakistani participants into 8 self-identified ethnic and linguistic groups and calculated principal components on the matrix of identity-by-state sharing of all pairs of individuals. Quantile-quantile plots were produced by plotting the observed ⫺log10 probability value for each lipid against the expected ⫺log10 probability value. The association between each lipid measure and genetic variants was tested using linear regression. Additive models calculated the change in lipid level per copy of the minor allele. 〉-coefficients have been reported using the common allele as the reference allele in PROMIS. All analyses were done using models adjusting for age and sex, the first 2 principal components and case-control status. Effect estimates in LURIC were reported for the same allele taken as reference in PROMIS. The Bonferroni correction for the 32 000 SNPs for 3 traits is 10⫺7, assuming 96 000 independent tests with no prior information. We chose a cutoff 10⫺6 owing to the likely higher prior odds of association because the array involves candidate genes and because there is a high degree of correlation between the tested SNPs. To reduce potential biases, lipid analyses were stratified by case-control status and excluded participants on lipid-lowering medication at the time of baseline examination. Analyses used PLINK 1.06, R version 2.9.1, and STATA 10.0. Meta-Analysis We sought genetic association studies of lipid-related variants in people of European ancestry published between January 1970 and January 2009. We focused on SNPs (ie, rs1800775, rs708272, rs646776, and rs662799) identified as top signals in the Pakistan study to enable comparison of their impact in Europeans (with the exception of rs780093, for which there was minimal previous data, owing to its completely recent discovery). Electronic searches involved MEDLINE, EMBASE, BIOSIS, and Science Citation index and combined search terms related to genes (eg, cholesteryl ester transfer protein [CETP]) and lipids (eg, HDL-C) without language restriction. These searches were supplemented by scanning reference lists, hand-searching relevant journals, and correspondence with authors. Two investigators independently extracted the following information: mean and SD of lipid levels by genotype; proportion of males; fasting status; and assay methods. Analyses involved only within-study comparisons. Mean levels of lipids (and differences in mean levels in comparison with the common homozygotes) were calculated using both fixed and random-effects models (as the latter Figure 1. A, Scatterplot of the first 2 principal components identified by principal component analysis of the identity-by-state matrix. The colors of points refer to the self-reported ethnicities in PROMIS control participants and HAPMAP (these ethnicities were not used in the PCA). B, Scatterplot of the first 2 principal components and self-reported ethnicities in PROMIS control participants. A and B, PAK indicates Pakistani from the PROMIS control subjects; YRI, Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria; LWK, Luhya in Webuye, Kenya; ASW, African ancestry in Southwest United States; MKK, Maasai in Kinyawa, Kenya; GIH, Gujrati Indians in Houston, Tex; CEU, Utah residents with Northern and Western European ancestry from the CEPH collection; TSI, Toscani in Italy; MEX, Mexican ancestry in Los Angeles, Calif; JPT, Japanese in Tokyo, Japan; CHD, Chinese in Metropolitan Denver, Colo; CHB Han Chinese in Beijing, China; C1, first principal component; C2, second principal component; and PCA, principal components analysis. Saleheen et al Genetic Loci for Major Lipids in Pakistan 351 Downloaded from http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/ by guest on November 19, 2016 Figure 2. Q-Q plots for PROMIS and LURIC in association with major lipids. Lambda: Genomic inflation factor. makes allowances for between-study heterogeneity). Probability values for difference between the effect estimates obtained in PROMIS and European participants were calculated through a 2 test of heterogeneity. Results The main characteristics of the Pakistani and German participants in this study are summarized in the Table. Comparison with HapMap3 population panels shows that the Pakistani population clustered distinctly from 11 other major ethnic groups, indicated by the separate clustering on the scatterplot of principal components (Figure 1). Pakistanis appear genetically closest to, but still clearly distinct from, Gujarati Indians living in the United States, a group that is known to differ genetically from Indians living in India.24 Analysis of the 8 ethnic and linguistic groups in the Pakistani study suggested the possibility of relatively minor population substructure; the different ethnicities could not be demarcated discretely on the scatter plots involving different principal components (Figure 1 and the online-only Data Supplement Figure 1). Compared with Germans, the Pakistani participants were about a decade younger and had broadly similar LDL-C and triglyceride values but lower HDL-C (Table). Variants With Highly Significant Associations Under an additive model, linear regression analysis for each lipid measure identified several SNPs deviating from the expected 2 values as shown by the quantile-quantile plots in Figure 2. A total of 25 variants in 4 genomic regions were associated with lipid levels in Pakistanis (Pⱕ10⫺6), including 16 variants for HDL-C, 8 variants for triglycerides, and 1 variant for LDL-C. All 16 HDL-C–related variants were on the cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) gene (10⫺14⬍P⬍10⫺6; Figure 3A and online-only Data Supplement Table 1). Each copy of the minor allele of rs711752, the lead SNP, was associated with 0.048 mmol/L (95% CI, 0.04 to 0.06; P⬍10⫺14) higher HDL-C levels. MAFs and effect sizes of the CETP variants in Pakistanis were broadly similar to those observed in this German population (Figure 3A), with overlapping genetic association signals and a similar pattern of linkage disequilibrium (LD) in this region (Figure 4). Subsidiary analyses in PROMIS cases and control participants for these variants revealed qualitatively similar results (online-only Data Supplement Figures 2a to 2c). To further explore LD patterns in Europeans, subsidiary analyses were conducted in CEU HapMap2 data, which revealed a similar pattern of LD in the CEU HapMap2 population and LURIC participants (data available on request). As shown in 352 Circ Cardiovasc Genet August 2010 Downloaded from http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/ by guest on November 19, 2016 Figure 3. Association with A, HDL-C and B, log-triglyceride in PROMIS and LURIC participants of SNPs signficantly associated in PROMIS (P⬍10⫺6). Estimates represent the per-minor allele increase in lipid levels, adjusted for age, sex, the first 2 principal components, and case-control status. The probability value for difference between studies corresponds to a test of nullity of interaction term between study and the SNP of interest. Size of boxes are proportional to the inverse of the variance of study estimates. Chr indicates chromosome; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; and MAF, minor allele frequency. Figure 5, meta-analyses of the 2 most extensively studied CETP variants in Europeans yielded overall increases in HDL-C concentration of 0.063 mmol/L (0.055 to 0.071; I2⫽67%, 55% to 77%) per copy of the A allele of the Taq1B variant (rs708272; 46 studies, 65 640 participants) and 0.071 mmol/L (0.066 to 0.075; I2⫽10%, 0% to 43%) per copy of the A allele of the C-629A variant (rs1800775; 26 studies, 80 184 participants). Associations of the Taq1B variant appeared of similar size in the 2 studies; the Taq1B variant was in strong LD with rs711752 (r2⫽0.99), the lead variant in the Pakistani population. By Saleheen et al Genetic Loci for Major Lipids in Pakistan 353 Downloaded from http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/ by guest on November 19, 2016 Figure 4. Genomic location of all the genotyped variants in CETP and APOA5 and a comparison of linkage disequilibrium in PROMIS and LURIC participants. A, PROMIS (blue) and LURIC (red); B, LD plot (D⬘) LURIC; C, LD plot (D⬘) PROMIS. LD plots have been drawn using 1595 PROMIS control and 1175 LURIC control participants. Similar analyses for CELSR2 gene in PROMIS and LURIC were not possible because the current gene array used contains only few SNPs in this gene. contrast, the association of the C-629A variant with HDL-C appeared somewhat stronger in Europeans than in Pakistanis (2 test for difference, P⫽2⫻10⫺4; Figure 5 and online-only Data Supplement Figure 3a-1b). Eight variants in 2 genomic regions were highly significantly associated with log triglyceride concentration in the Pakistani participants. The most significant SNP (rs662799; P⫽1.25⫻ 10⫺14) localized to the APOA5 gene (Figure 3B and online-only Data Supplement Table 1). Each copy of the rs662799-C allele at this locus was associated with a 0.14 mmol/L higher log triglyceride concentration (Figures 3B and 4), with MAF about 2 times higher in the Pakistani than German participants (0.17 versus 0.07). This variant was in strong LD with several other variants in APOA5 and nearby ZNF259 that were also significantly associated with triglyceride concentration but apparently not in LD with any of the variants in APOA1, APOC3 or APOA4. Overall, APOA5 variants appeared to have stronger LD and associations with triglyceride concentration in Pakistani than in German participants (Figure 4). Meta-analysis of rs662799 in available European studies yielded 0.20 mmol/L (0.14 to 0.26) higher triglyceride per each copy of the minor allele (18 studies, 20 963 participants: Figure 5 and online-only Data Supplement Figure 3D), an effect size that was lower than that observed in the Pakistani participants (2 for difference, P⫽7⫻10⫺4; Figure 5). Three variants in the glucokinase regulatory protein (GCKR) gene highly significantly associated with triglyceride in Pakistanis (P⬍10⫺6) had broadly similar-sized effects in Germans (Figure 3B). Only rs646776 in the cadherin, EGF LAG 7-pass G-type receptor 2 (CELSR2) gene was highly significantly associated with LDL-C concentration in the Pakistani participants (P⫽1.25⫻10⫺10) and was associated with a 0.16 mmol/L (⫺0.23 to ⫺0.08) lower LDL-C concentration per copy of the minor allele. This variant was not significantly associated with LDL-C concentration in the German participants (n⫽1175), perhaps owing to limited statistical power. Analyses conducted earlier in a larger LURIC study population (n⫽3189) for the same locus yielded a similar association with LDL-C levels to that observed in Pakistanis.25 The current meta-analysis of rs646776, however, established this variant’s relevance more reliably in Europeans, yielding an overall 0.15 mmol/L (⫺0.17 to ⫺0.14) lower LDL-C per each copy of the minor allele (14 studies, 48 445 participants; Figure 5), an effect size comparable to that observed in Pakistanis (2 test for difference, P⫽0.84; Figure 5 and online-only Data Supplement Figure 3c). No significant interactions were observed on an additive scale of the 25 top variants with lipid measures by ghee or tobacco consumption or by sex (online-only Data Supplement Figure 4). Qualitatively similar results were observed in analyses adjusted for time since onset of MI symptoms in 875 cases in PROMIS with relevant information (available on request). Variants With Nominally Significant Associations Of the 152 lipid-related SNPs discovered through previous genome-wide association studies in European populations, 49 were covered by the gene array used in the current study (23 for HDL-C, 17 for LDL-C, and 17 for triglycerides with a few SNPs associated with 2 or all 3 traits). At a prespecified nominal value of P⬍0.01, 12 of the 23 established HDL-C– related variants were associated with HDL-C concentration (including 7 variants described earlier in CETP and 5 other variants in LIPG, LIPC, and DPEP2); 10 of the established 17 triglyceride-related variants were associated with triglyceride concentration (including 3 variants described earlier in APOA5 and GCKR and 7 other variants in DOCK7, TBL2, LPL, BAZ1b, and APOB); and 5 of the 17 established LDL-C-related variants were associated with LDL-C concen- 354 Circ Cardiovasc Genet August 2010 Downloaded from http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/ by guest on November 19, 2016 Figure 5. Comparison of associations with lipid traits observed in PROMIS with previously published studies in participants of European descent. Estimates represent the per-minor allele increase in lipid levels. PROMIS estimates are derived fitting a regression, adjusting for age, sex, case-control status, and the first 2 components of PCA. Estimates in whites are derived from a random-effects meta-analysis of additive estimates. Individual plots for each meta-analysis are presented in online Figures 2a through 2d. The probability value of heterogeneity derives from a heterogeneity test between the overall estimates in whites and the estimate in PROMIS. Size of boxes are proportional to the inverse of the variance of study estimates. The mean difference is in mmol/L. Scales differ between lipids. tration (including 1 variant in CELSR2 described above and 4 other variants in FADS1, FADS2 and CELSR2: online-only Data Supplement Figure 5). Hence, we identified a total of 41 different variants significantly related to major lipid levels in Pakistanis (ie, 25 variants at P⬍10⫺6 and a further 16 variants at P⬍10⫺2). Analyses of these genes in PROMIS and LURIC participants revealed a similar pattern of LD, with somewhat stronger LD blocks in APOB and LPL genes in Pakistanis than in Europeans (online-only Data Supplement Figure 6). Collectively, in the Pakistani participants, these variants explained 6.2%, 7.1%, and 0.9% of the variation in HDL-C, triglyceride, and LDL-C, respectively, whereas corresponding analyses in the German participants explained 5.9%, 7.2%, and 0.71% of the variation in these lipids, respectively. Subsidiary analyses yielded odds ratio for MI in Pakistanis with each of the 41 principal SNPs that were compatible with the direction of associations of each of these variants with lipid concentration, although the current study was underpowered for reliable gene-MI analyses (online-only Data Supplement Figure 7). Discussion The current study has identified a total of 41 variants at 14 loci that were significantly associated with levels of HDL-C, triglyceride or LDL-C in Pakistanis. The most highly significant lipid-related variants identified among Pakistanis corresponded to genes previously shown to be relevant to lipid metabolism in Europeans, such as CETP, APOA5, and CELSR2. Even collectively, however, the top variants explained only 6.2%, 7.1%, and 0.9% of the population variation in HDL-C, triglyceride, and LDL-C levels in Pakistanis, respectively (a similar proportion of lipid variation was explained by the top signals in our parallel analysis of Germans). The current study has also suggested some differences in allelic frequencies and magnitude of association with lipids for variants in APOA5 in Pakistanis compared with Saleheen et al Downloaded from http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/ by guest on November 19, 2016 Europeans. As discussed below, however, further studies are needed to confirm whether such differences are mainly related to ethnicity rather than other characteristics. Most of the highly significant lipid-related loci identified in Pakistani participants were related to HDL-C and triglyceride rather than LDL-C concentration, a finding that is consistent with a lower yield of genetic loci associated with LDL-C in previous GWA studies in Europeans.5–16 For HDL-C, our most highly significant findings related to the CETP gene.26 HDL is believed to exert atheroprotective effects through several mechanisms, including transfer of cholesterol from peripheral tissues to liver.26,27 CETP facilitates this process by exchanging cholesterol esters from HDL with triglyceride in apolipoprotein B– containing particles.26 Deficiency of this protein leads to higher HDL-C levels and other lipoprotein abnormalities.25,26 Our meta-analysis focused on the Taq1B and C-629A variants in CETP, which alter CETP mass and activity and, consequently, increase HDL-C concentration.27 For triglyceride, our most highly significant findings related to variants in APOA5, which is part of the APOA1/C3/A4/A5 gene cluster localized to chromosome 11q23.28,29 It has been proposed that APOAV regulates lipoprotein lipase-mediated hydrolysis of triglycerides contained in VLDL particles.28 Further triglyceride-related variants were found in GCKR,30 which regulates activity of glucokinase, a key enzyme responsible for the first rate-limiting step in the glycolysis pathway, deficiency of which alters glucose and lipoprotein metabolism.31 For LDL-C, the sole highly significant finding related to a variant in CELSR2,32 a gene that expresses itself along with PSRC1 and SORT1 within a transcriptional network proposed to regulate metabolic profile and atherosclerosis,32,33 although precise mechanisms remain unknown. Compared with the German participants we studied, the frequency of the rs662799-C allele in the APOA5 locus was higher in Pakistanis and appeared to have a greater impact on triglyceride concentration. However, as at least part of these differences could have been due to nonethnic factors (eg, differences in sample size and/or population sampling frameworks used), further study is needed. Evidence of ethnic-related differences is emerging from other contexts, such as suggestions that total cholesterol is a stronger risk factor among South Asians than Europeans34 and that the LTA4H haplotype has higher odds ratios for myocardial infarction in Africans than Europeans.35 The value of large ethnic-specific studies has also been illustrated by the discovery of the strongest common susceptibility locus (KCNQ1) yet for T2D,36 –38 identified in East Asians but not initially in Europeans because the allele frequency in East Asians is much higher (40% versus 5%) despite similar odds ratios in both populations.36 –38 For reasons of feasibility, we used existing genetic tools based on catalogues of genetic variation mostly discovered in Europeans, East Asians, and West Africans, even though we were aware that these tools may not adequately capture genetic variation in Pakistanis (or other South Asians).39,40 For example, the recent discovery of a 7-fold relative risk for heart failure with the 25-bp deletion allele in the MYBPC3 gene would have remained undetected using conventional platforms because this variant is present only in South Asians.41 Further study in Genetic Loci for Major Lipids in Pakistan 355 Pakistanis is therefore needed involving better populationspecific tools for genetic mapping. Larger replication studies should also help to quantify and control any overestimation in hypothesis-generating estimates. Such studies should aim to involve fine-mapping of relevant loci (eg, APOA5) and functional studies.42 Future studies may also yield stronger (or novel) genetic signals by direct assay of LDL-C rather than, as in the current study, calculation of LDL-C using the Friedewald formula. However, as a large prospective study has shown that associations of major lipids with CHD risk are at least as extreme in nonfasted participants as in fasted participants,41 use of nonfasting samples in the current study seems unlikely to have influenced materially the findings here. Sources of Funding Epidemiological field work in PROMIS was supported by unrestricted grants to investigators at the University of Cambridge and in Pakistan. Genotyping for this study was funded by the Wellcome Trust and the EU Framework 6 –funded Bloodomics Integrated Project (LSHM-CT-2004-503485). 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The most significant lipid-related variants identified among Pakistanis corresponded to genes previously shown to be relevant to Europeans, such as CETP associated with HDL-C levels; APOA5/ZNF259 and GCKR with triglyceride levels; and CELSR2 variants with LDL-C levels. However, differing allelic frequencies and lipid effects for variants in APOA5 were observed in Pakistanis compared with Europeans. This study suggests that several lipid-related genetic variants are common to Pakistanis and Europeans, though they explain only a modest portion of population variation in lipid concentration. Allelic frequencies and the effect sizes of lipid-related variants can differ between Pakistanis and Europeans. 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Reprints: Information about reprints can be found online at: http://www.lww.com/reprints Subscriptions: Information about subscribing to Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics is online at: http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org//subscriptions/ "SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL." 1 Supplemental Figure 1: Scatter plot of additional principal components and self reported ethnicities in PROMIS control participants 2 Supplemental Table 1: Association of major lipid traits in PROMIS and comparison with the LURIC participants of SNPs significantly associated in PROMIS (P < 10-6) Chr snp bp Association with HDL‐C levels (mmol/l) 16 rs711752 55553712 16 rs708272 55553789 16 rs17231506 55552029 16 rs3764261 55550825 16 rs11508026 55556829 16 rs1532625 55562802 16 rs1800775 55552737 16 rs1532624 55562980 rs1864163 55554734 16 16 rs7499892 55564091 16 rs11076175 55563879 16 rs5880 55572592 16 rs12720922 55558386 16 rs9939224 55560233 16 rs12708967 55550712 16 rs11076176 55564947 PROMIS LURIC gene a1 N maf beta se p N maf beta se p P‐value for difference between studies CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP T A A A A T G T A A G G T A G C 3023 3023 3023 3023 3021 2996 3024 3023 3024 3023 3022 3024 3024 3021 3021 3021 0.47 0.47 0.33 0.33 0.46 0.48 0.40 0.48 0.22 0.22 0.19 0.08 0.20 0.22 0.22 0.21 0.048 0.048 0.049 0.049 0.046 0.045 ‐0.045 0.044 ‐0.043 ‐0.042 ‐0.044 ‐0.064 ‐0.042 ‐0.039 ‐0.039 ‐0.038 0.006 0.006 0.007 0.007 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.008 0.008 0.008 0.012 0.008 0.008 0.008 0.008 4.67E‐14 4.77E‐14 5.54E‐13 1.17E‐12 1.47E‐12 2.27E‐12 3.00E‐12 4.06E‐12 1.56E‐08 3.82E‐08 5.04E‐08 7.86E‐08 1.29E‐07 2.74E‐07 3.85E‐07 6.71E‐07 2451 2450 2451 2451 2452 2428 2451 2448 2443 2452 2451 2451 2451 2452 2452 2450 0.42 0.42 0.32 0.32 0.42 0.43 0.53 0.43 0.27 0.18 0.18 0.05 0.18 0.21 0.20 0.18 0.058 0.058 0.059 0.058 0.058 0.058 ‐0.062 0.057 ‐0.063 ‐0.063 ‐0.063 ‐0.068 ‐0.060 ‐0.062 ‐0.036 ‐0.063 0.007 0.007 0.008 0.008 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.009 0.010 0.010 0.017 0.010 0.009 0.009 0.010 5.05E‐15 4.77E‐15 7.50E‐14 1.08E‐13 3.40E‐15 8.28E‐15 3.69E‐17 8.69E‐15 2.40E‐13 8.52E‐11 1.27E‐10 5.25E‐05 1.02E‐09 1.49E‐11 1.16E‐04 9.67E‐11 0.45 0.76 1 0.63 0.55 0.63 0.11 0.25 0.16 0.11 0.36 0.69 0.48 0.25 0.26 0.04 Association with LDL‐C levels (mmol/l) 109620053 CELSR2 1 rs646776++ Association with log‐triglyceride levels (mmol/l) 11 rs662799 116168917 APOA5 11 rs651821 116167789 APOA5 11 rs2072560 116167036 APOA5 11 rs2266788 116165896 APOA5 11 rs2075290 116158506 ZNF259/APOA5 27584444 GCKR 2 rs1260326++ 2 rs780093 27596107 GCKR 2 rs780094 27594741 GCKR G 5576 0.25 ‐0.158 0.025 7.19E‐10 1175 0.239 ‐0.014 0.040 0.7224 0.05 C C A G G T T T 3195 3195 3195 3195 3189 5500 3194 3185 0.17 0.17 0.16 0.20 0.19 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.142 0.142 0.142 0.129 0.132 0.078 0.075 0.074 0.018 0.018 0.019 0.017 0.018 0.012 0.016 0.016 1.25E‐14 1.47E‐14 2.13E‐14 6.94E‐14 8.77E‐14 1.09E‐10 2.35E‐06 2.63E‐06 2452 2452 2450 2452 2452 2451 2445 2449 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.080 0.083 0.077 0.073 0.077 0.078 0.080 0.080 0.026 0.026 0.026 0.025 0.025 0.014 0.014 0.014 2.22E‐03 1.49E‐03 3.34E‐03 3.83E‐03 2.15E‐03 7.19E‐09 3.41E‐09 3.86E‐09 0.07 0.15 0.11 0.17 0.19 0.86 0.64 0.69 ++Genotyping was done in further 2555 PROMIS individuals for variants associated with lipid traits at a P < 10-5 Chr: chromosome, a1: minor allele, N: number of individuals, maf: minor allele frequency, beta: per-minor allele increase in lipid levels, adjusted for age, sex, the first two principal components and case-control status. For LDL, the LURIC dataset was restricted to participants not on lipid lowering drugs. The P-value for difference between studies corresponds to a test of nullity of interaction term between study and the SNP of interest. 3 Supplemental Figure 2(a): Association with HDL-C in PROMIS cases and controls for SNPs significantly associated with HDL-C levels in all PROMIS participants (P < 10-6) SNP_id/ Chr. rs11076175 16 rs11076176 16 rs11508026 16 rs12708967 16 rs12720922 16 rs1532624 16 rs1532625 16 rs17231506 16 rs1800775 16 rs1864163 16 rs3764261 16 rs5880 16 rs708272 16 rs711752 16 rs7499892 16 rs9939224 16 Status Mean difference (95% CI) P-value het. case control -0.05 (-0.07, -0.02) -0.08 (-0.11, -0.05) .128 case control -0.04 (-0.06, -0.01) -0.06 (-0.08, -0.03) .288 case control 0.05 (0.03, 0.07) 0.06 (0.04, 0.09) .554 case control -0.06 (-0.08, -0.03) -0.06 (-0.09, -0.03) .869 case control -0.05 (-0.07, -0.02) -0.08 (-0.11, -0.05) .118 case control 0.05 (0.03, 0.07) 0.06 (0.04, 0.09) .491 case control 0.05 (0.03, 0.08) 0.07 (0.04, 0.09) .502 case control 0.06 (0.04, 0.09) 0.07 (0.05, 0.10) .609 case control -0.04 (-0.06, -0.02) -0.07 (-0.10, -0.05) .049 case control -0.05 (-0.07, -0.02) -0.07 (-0.10, -0.04) .196 case control 0.06 (0.04, 0.09) 0.07 (0.05, 0.10) .570 .57 case control -0.08 (-0.12, -0.04) -0.07 (-0.11, -0.02) .609 case control 0.05 (0.03, 0.08) 0.07 (0.05, 0.09) .327 case control 0.06 (0.03, 0.08) 0.07 (0.05, 0.09) .362 case control -0.05 (-0.07, -0.02) -0.07 (-0.10, -0.04) .327 case control -0.04 (-0.07, -0.02) -0.07 (-0.10, -0.05) .119 -.1 -.05 0 mmol/l .05 .1 4 Supplemental Figure 2(b): Association with log-triglyceride in PROMIS cases and controls for SNPs significantly associated with triglyceride levels in all PROMIS participants (P < 10-6) SNP_id/ chr rs1260326 2 rs2072560 11 rs2075290 11 rs2266788 11 rs651821 11 rs662799 11 rs780093 2 rs780094 2 Status Mean Difference (95% CI) P-value het. case control 0.08 (0.04, 0.12) 0.08 (0.03, 0.12) .908 case control 0.15 (0.10, 0.20) 0.13 (0.08, 0.18) .608 case control 0.14 (0.09, 0.19) 0.12 (0.07, 0.17) .561 case control 0.13 (0.08, 0.18) 0.13 (0.08, 0.18) .972 case control 0.15 (0.10, 0.20) 0.13 (0.08, 0.19) .732 case control 0.15 (0.10, 0.20) 0.13 (0.08, 0.19) .734 case control 0.07 (0.03, 0.11) 0.08 (0.03, 0.12) .909 case control 0.07 (0.03, 0.11) 0.08 (0.03, 0.12) .838 0 .05 .1 .15 .2 log mmol/l 5 Supplemental Figure 2(c): Association with LDL-C in PROMIS cases and controls for SNPs significantly associated with LDL-C levels in all PROMIS participants SNP_id/ chr Status Mean Difference (95% CI) rs646776 1 case -0.05 (-0.09, -0.02) .584 control -0.07 (-0.11, -0.03) -.1 -.05 0 P_value het. .05 mmol/l Supplemental Figures 2 (a-c): Estimates represent the per-minor allele increase in lipid levels, adjusted for age, sex, the first two principal components. P_value het. Is the P-value for heterogeneity for effect estimates obtained in cases and controls. Chr: chromosome. 6 Supplemental Figure 3(a): Meta-analysis of previously published studies in Europeans for the association of rs1800775 (C-629A) variant, located in the CETP gene, with HDL-C levels Suppl1-20 Author (Name of Study) Year Number of participants Rotterdam study 2007 Aulchenko (ENGAGE consortium) 2009 Barzilai N (Longevity) % Weight ES (95% CI) (D+L) 1435 0.08 (0.06, 0.11) 2.94 5840 0.06 (0.05, 0.08) 9.33 2003 743 0.07 (0.03, 0.11) 1.17 Bauerfeind 2002 185 0.07 (-0.01, 0.15) 0.32 Bernstein MS 2003 1720 0.05 (0.02, 0.09) 1.50 Blankenberg S (AtheroGene) 2004 574 0.08 (0.03, 0.13) 0.84 Chasman (WGHS) 2008 6195 0.09 (0.08, 0.10) 8.28 Dachet C (ECTIM) 1999 668 0.08 (0.04, 0.12) 1.11 Dullaart (PREVEND) 2007 8141 0.06 (0.05, 0.08) 9.87 Eiriksdottir Reykjavik) 2001 745 0.08 (0.05, 0.11) 2.38 Freeman DJ (WOSCOPS) 2003 1107 0.06 (0.04, 0.08) 4.20 1187 0.07 (0.04, 0.10) 2.24 Girelli (Verona Heart Project) Heidema (CDRFMP) 2007 1071 0.07 (0.04, 0.10) 2.14 Horne (IHCS) 2007 1309 0.05 (-0.00, 0.11) 0.59 Kakko (OPERA) 2001 481 0.05 (0.01, 0.09) 1.17 Kathiresan (FIINRISK97) 2008 7940 0.06 (0.05, 0.08) 7.79 Kathiresan (MDC-CC) 2008 5519 0.08 (0.07, 0.09) 7.79 Kathiresan (DGI) 2008 2758 0.07 (0.05, 0.09) 4.43 Kathiresan (NORDIL) 2008 5095 0.08 (0.05, 0.10) 3.88 McCaskie (CUDAS/BPHS/CUPID) 2007 1059 0.07 (0.04, 0.11) 1.73 Sabatti (NFBC1966) 2009 4531 0.07 (0.05, 0.09) 3.79 1519 0.08 (0.05, 0.11) 2.32 Schouw (PROSPECT/EPIC) Thompson JF 2007 2087 0.05 (0.03, 0.07) 5.44 Thompson JF 2003 93 0.08 (-0.00, 0.15) 0.32 Tobin MD 2004 182 0.06 (-0.01, 0.13) 0.38 Ridker (WGHS) 2009 18000 0.08 (0.07, 0.09) 14.06 Overall random effect I-squared = 10% (95% CI 0% - 43%), p = 0.318) 0.07 (0.07, 0.08) 100.00 Overall fixed effect 0.07 (0.07, 0.08) NOTE: Weights are from random effects analysis -.153 0 .153 Effect Size 7 Supplemental Figure 3(b): Meta-analysis of previously published studies in Europeans for the association of rs708272 (Taq1B) variant, located in the CETP gene, with HDL-C levels Suppl3, 5, 8, 21-59 Author (Name of Study) Year Arca Barzilai N (Longevity) Bauerfeind Blankenberg S (Atherogene) Carr Corella D Cuchel (NORM & CATH) Deguchi (SVTR) Dullaart (PREVEND) Eiriksdottir (Reykjavik) Freeman DJ Freeman DJ (WOSCOPS) Fumeron F (ECTIM) Girelli (Verona Heart Project) Gudson (EARS) Hall Hannuksela Heidema (CDRFMP) Horne (IHCS) Juvonen T Kauma H Keavney Klos K (CARDIA) Kondon I Kuivenhoven JA (The Monitoring Project) Liu (PHS) McCaskie (CUDAS/BPHS/CUPID) Miltiadous Mitchell Nettleton (ARIC) Noone E Ordovas (Framingham) Pai J (HPFS) Pai J (NHS) Plat Riemens Sandhofer (Salzburg Atherosclerosis Prevention) Schouw (PROSPECT-EPIC) Sorli Talmud (NPHS) Tenkanen H Thompson JF Thompson JF Vohl MC Weitgasser (SAPHIR) Ridker (WGHS) 2001 2003 2002 2004 2002 2000 2002 2004 2007 2001 1994 2003 1995 1998 2006 1994 2007 2007 1995 1996 2004 2007 1989 1997 2002 2007 2004 1994 2006 2000 2007 2004 2004 2002 1999 2008 2006 2002 1991 2007 2003 1999 2004 2009 Number of Participants ES (95% CI) 180 373 184 571 120 514 224 49 8289 745 220 1105 724 296 767 116 82 1075 1298 91 524 4665 1586 146 238 384 1058 95 112 8764 63 2916 513 480 112 32 1503 1399 549 1727 109 2105 93 182 1017 18245 Overall Random Effect I-squared = 67.0% (95% CI 55% - 76%), p = <0.001) I-V Overall % Weight (D+L) 0.10 (0.01, 0.18) 0.12 (0.05, 0.18) 0.06 (-0.02, 0.14) 0.08 (0.03, 0.13) 0.10 (0.01, 0.19) 0.11 (0.07, 0.14) 0.06 (-0.02, 0.13) 0.02 (-0.10, 0.15) 0.06 (0.05, 0.08) 0.07 (0.03, 0.10) 0.10 (0.03, 0.17) 0.05 (0.02, 0.07) 0.08 (0.04, 0.12) 0.02 (-0.03, 0.07) 0.07 (0.05, 0.09) 0.08 (-0.02, 0.18) 0.10 (-0.00, 0.20) 0.07 (0.04, 0.10) 0.05 (-0.01, 0.11) 0.20 (0.03, 0.37) 0.06 (0.02, 0.10) 0.06 (0.04, 0.07) 0.06 (0.04, 0.08) 0.11 (0.02, 0.20) 0.12 (0.05, 0.18) 0.05 (0.01, 0.09) 0.07 (0.03, 0.10) 0.03 (-0.05, 0.11) 0.12 (0.02, 0.21) 0.07 (0.06, 0.09) 0.02 (-0.12, 0.15) 0.06 (0.04, 0.08) -0.11 (-0.15, -0.07) 0.11 (0.06, 0.17) 0.06 (-0.03, 0.15) -0.00 (-0.11, 0.11) 0.06 (0.03, 0.09) 0.06 (0.03, 0.09) 0.05 (0.01, 0.09) 0.05 (0.04, 0.07) 0.04 (-0.07, 0.16) 0.05 (0.03, 0.07) 0.07 (-0.02, 0.17) 0.06 (0.02, 0.09) 0.09 (0.05, 0.12) 0.07 (0.07, 0.08) 0.76 1.21 0.86 1.82 0.69 3.04 0.98 0.40 5.00 2.85 1.03 3.98 2.35 1.67 3.98 0.55 0.54 3.11 1.38 0.20 2.22 4.93 3.96 0.65 1.26 2.14 2.75 0.84 0.66 4.96 0.33 4.34 2.29 1.39 0.66 0.47 3.24 3.05 2.53 4.51 0.46 4.41 0.59 2.68 2.72 5.58 0.06 (0.05, 0.07) 0.07 (0.07, 0.07) 100.00 NOTE: Weights are from random effects analysis -.374 0 Effect Size .374 8 Supplemental Figure 3(c): Meta-analysis of previously published studies in Europeans for the association of rs646776 variant, located in the CELSR2 gene, with LDL-C levels Suppl 60-64 Author (name of study) Year No. of participants ES (95% CI) % Weight Aulchenko (Meta-analysis 15 studies) 2009 12685 -0.14 (-0.17, -0.11) 24.53 Kathiresan (DGI) 2008 2758 -0.19 (-0.25, -0.13) 5.74 Kathiresan (FINRISK 97) 2008 7940 -0.14 (-0.18, -0.10) 15.29 Kathiresan (MDC-CC) 2008 5519 -0.15 (-0.19, -0.11) 13.80 Kathiresan (NHS98 China) 2008 2891 -0.20 (-0.30, -0.10) 2.21 Kathiresan (NHS98 India) 2008 587 -0.19 (-0.31, -0.07) 1.53 Kathiresan (NHS98 Malaysia) 2008 781 -0.29 (-0.49, -0.09) 0.55 Sabatti (NFBC1966) 2009 4507 -0.16 (-0.20, -0.11) 8.83 Sandhu (1958 British Birth Cohort ) 2008 1330 -0.13 (-0.21, -0.05) 3.45 Sandhu (Ely study) 2008 1686 -0.15 (-0.21, -0.09) 6.13 Sandhu (EPIC-Norfolk Obese) 2008 993 -0.18 (-0.28, -0.08) 2.21 Sandhu (EPIC-Norfolk Replication) 2008 3293 -0.18 (-0.24, -0.12) 6.13 Sandhu (EPIC-Norfolk subcohort) 2008 2014 -0.17 (-0.23, -0.11) 6.13 Wallace (Twins UK) 2008 1461 -0.08 (-0.16, -0.00) 3.45 -0.15 (-0.17, -0.14) 100.00 Overall random effect I2 = 0 (95% CI 0%-55%), p = 0.695 Overall fixed effect -0.15 (-0.17, -0.14) NOTE: Weights are from random effects analysis -.3 -.2 -.1 0 Effect Size 9 Supplemental Figure 3(d): Meta-analysis of previously published studies in Europeans for the association of variant rs662799 (T1131C), located in the ApoA5 gene, with triglyceride levels Suppl 65-80 Author (name of study) Year ES (95% CI) No. of participants % Weight Klos (CARDIA) 2005 3415 0.08 (0.03, 0.14) 10.80 Grallert (KORA & SAPHIR) 2007 3264 0.11 (0.01, 0.21) 9.05 Talmud (NPHSII) 2002 2537 0.18 (0.06, 0.31) 7.98 Vaessen (EPIC-Norfolk) 2006 1800 0.27 (0.15, 0.39) 8.18 Lai (Framingham Offspring) 2004 1725 0.42 (0.25, 0.58) 6.23 Hubacek (Female) 2004 1368 0.14 (0.03, 0.25) 8.40 Hubacek (Male) 2004 1191 0.27 (0.05, 0.49) 4.55 Evans 2003 1094 0.94 (0.39, 1.50) 1.06 Martinelli (Verona Heart Project) 2007 913 0.19 (0.04, 0.34) 6.88 Lee 2004 438 0.48 (0.04, 0.93) 1.56 Szalai 2004 310 0.18 (0.01, 0.35) 6.25 Vaverkova 2004 267 0.33 (-0.22, 0.88) 1.07 Aouizerat 2003 198 0.25 (0.05, 0.44) 5.33 Lee (Japanese American Family) 2004 154 0.30 (0.04, 0.57) 3.62 Farall (PROCARDIS) 2006 2956 0.23 (0.12, 0.34) 8.40 Helgadottir (PennCATH) 2007 476 0.06 (0.00, 0.12) 10.64 0.20 (0.14, 0.26) 100.00 Overall random effect I2 = 66 (95% CI 43%-80%), p <0.001 Overall fixed effect 0.14 (0.11, 0.17) NOTE: Weights are from random effects analysis 0 .2 .4 .6 .8 1 Effect Size 10 References for Supplemental figures 3a-3d Supplementary references for the SNP rs1800775 (C-629A) and SNP rs708272 (Taq1B) 1. 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Science. 2007;316:1491-3 17 Supplemental Figure 4: Effect modification of genetic effects by gender, ghee consumption and tobacco consumption in Pakistanis Lipid trait SNP Gene No. of participants Change in lipid trait (mmol/L) per copy of the minor allele (95% CI) 2,558 578 0.03 (-0.04, 0.10) 0.09 (-0.05, 0.23) 0.13 449 1,925 635 0.09 (0.05, 0.13) 0.05 (-0.08, 0.18) 0.05 (-0.07, 0.17) 0.50 oil combination Ever Current 1,625 1,426 0.08 (0.04, 0.12) 0.07 (-0.03, 0.18) 0.78 male female 2,559 578 -0.09 (-0.18, -0.01) -0.08 (-0.26, 0.10) 0.82 450 1,925 635 -0.07 (-0.12, -0.02) -0.12 (-0.28, 0.03) -0.06 (-0.20, 0.08) 0.60 Ever Current 1,625 1,427 -0.10 (-0.15, -0.05) -0.05 (-0.18, 0.07) 0.27 male female 2,557 578 0.13 (0.05, 0.21) 0.15 (-0.03, 0.32) 0.78 449 1,924 635 0.12 (0.08, 0.17) 0.06 (-0.09, 0.22) 0.24 (0.10, 0.38) 0.01 Ever Current 1,624 1,426 0.11 (0.06, 0.16) 0.16 (0.04, 0.29) 0.16 male female 2,424 498 -0.09 (-0.26, 0.08) -0.16 (-0.52, 0.19) 0.44 ghee oil combination 438 1,769 601 -0.20 (-0.29, -0.11) -0.03 (-0.31, 0.25) -0.14 (-0.40, 0.11) 0.24 Ever Current 1,486 1,357 -0.18 (-0.28, -0.09) -0.13 (-0.36, 0.10) 0.46 male female 2,440 505 0.06 (0.04, 0.09) 0.05 (-0.01, 0.11) 0.32 ghee oil combination 441 1,785 603 0.05 (0.03, 0.06) 0.06 (0.01, 0.11) 0.06 (0.02, 0.11) 0.49 Ever Current 1,504 1,360 0.05 (0.03, 0.07) 0.05 (0.01, 0.09) 0.71 Subgroup Interaction p-value Log triglycerides rs1260326 GCKR Gender male female Oil typeghee Tobacco Rs271 LPL Gender Oil type ghee oil combination Tobacco rs651821 APOA5/ZNF259 Gender Oil type ghee oil combination Tobacco LDL-C Rs646776 CELSR2 Gender Oil type Tobacco HDL-C rs711752 CETP Gender Oil type Tobacco -.516 0 .516 Lipid level (mmol/L) and 95% confidence intervals Analyses are presented only for the lead SNPs at loci that showed highly signficant associations with lipid traits (P < 10-6) Size of data markers are proportional to the inverse of the variance of the minor allele effect. P-values were derived from F tests of the interaction terms fitted in linear regression models of each lipid trait, adjusted for age, gender, the first two principle components and case-control status. 18 Supplemental Figure 5(a): Association with HDL-C (mmol/l) in PROMIS and LURIC participants of SNPs discovered in previous genome wide association studies in association with HDL-C levels genome wide association studies in association with HDL-C levels P-value P-value for difference for association between studies Number of subjects Mean difference (95% CI) MAF A 3023 2452 0.00 (-0.01, 0.02) 0.02 (0.00, 0.03) .45 .58 5.1e-01 2.2e-02 0.09 rs4846914 GALNT2 A 3022 2450 0.00 (-0.01, 0.02) 0.02 (0.00, 0.03) .45 .58 4.9e-01 2.1e-02 0.09 2 rs693 APOB T 3024 2451 -0.01 (-0.02, 0.00) -0.02 (-0.03, -0.00) .27 .46 1.6e-01 4.4e-02 0.30 8 rs328 LPL G 3024 2451 0.02 (-0.00, 0.04) 0.05 (0.03, 0.07) .10 .11 5.8e-02 2.6e-05 0.10 .44 .55 6.0e-01 5.4e-03 0.08 Chr SNP Gene Minor allele 1 rs2144300 GALNT2 1 8 rs2197089 LPL A 3001 2434 0.00 (-0.01, 0.02) 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) 9 rs3890182 ABCA1 T 3024 2451 -0.01 (-0.03, 0.01) -0.03 (-0.05, -0.01) .08 .12 3.8e-01 5.9e-03 0.10 9 rs1883025 ABCA1 A 3023 2451 -0.01 (-0.03, -0.00) -0.02 (-0.04, -0.01) .35 .26 3.4e-02 4.2e-03 0.35 12 rs2338104 KCTD10 C 3023 2451 0.01 (-0.00, 0.02) 0.00 (-0.01, 0.02) .44 .57 1.8e-01 5.0e-01 0.87 15 rs1800588 LIPC T 3024 2451 0.02 (0.01, 0.03) 0.04 (0.02, 0.06) .25 .23 7.3e-03 1.2e-05 0.08 15 rs261332 LIPC A 3022 2452 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) 0.04 (0.02, 0.05) .19 .22 5.5e-03 8.7e-05 0.16 16 rs3764261 CETP A 3023 2451 0.05 (0.04, 0.06) 0.06 (0.04, 0.07) .34 .32 1.2e-12 1.1e-13 0.69 16 rs1800775 CETP G 3024 2451 -0.05 (-0.06, -0.03) -0.06 (-0.08, -0.05) .40 .4 .53 3.0e-12 3.7e-17 0.13 16 rs711752 CETP T 3023 2451 0.05 (0.04, 0.06) 0.06 (0.04, 0.07) .47 .42 4.7e-14 5.0e-15 0.52 16 rs1864163 CETP A 3024 2443 -0.04 (-0.06, -0.03) -0.06 (-0.08, -0.05) .22 .27 1.6e-08 2.4e-13 0.15 16 rs1532624 CETP T 3023 2448 0.04 (0.03, 0.06) 0.06 (0.04, 0.07) .48 .43 4.1e-12 8.7e-15 0.30 16 rs7499892 CETP A 3023 2452 -0.04 (-0.06, -0.03) -0.06 (-0.08, -0.04) .22 .18 3.8e-08 8.5e-11 0.10 16 rs5880 CETP G 3024 2451 -0.06 (-0.09, -0.04) -0.07 (-0.10, -0.04) .08 .05 7.9e-08 5.2e-05 0.67 16 rs5882 CETP C 3024 2452 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) 0.03 (0.02, 0.05) .43 .32 5.4e-04 3.8e-05 0.28 16 rs1800777 CETP A 3024 2452 -0.06 (-0.10, -0.03) -0.07 (-0.11, -0.03) .04 .04 1.8e-04 2.8e-04 0.63 16 rs255052 DPEP2 A 3024 2449 0.03 (0.01, 0.04) 0.03 (0.01, 0.05) .19 .15 5.4e-04 6.0e-03 0.74 18 rs2156552 (intergenic) A 3020 2451 -0.02 (-0.04, -0.00) -0.00 (-0.02, 0.02) .14 .15 2.6e-02 6.9e-01 19 rs157580 APOE G 3015 2449 0.01 (-0.00, 0.02) 0.00 (-0.01, 0.02) .47 .36 1.9e-01 5.4e-01 0.92 20 rs1800961 HNF4A A 3021 2451 -0.01 (-0.05, 0.03) -0.07 (-0.12, -0.03) .03 .04 5.3e-01 8.8e-04 0.02 PROMIS -.1 -.05 0 .05 0.19 .1 LURIC 19 Supplemental Figure 5(b): Association with LDL-C (mmol/l) in PROMIS and LURIC participants of SNPs discovered in previous genome wide association studies in association with LDL-C levels Chr SNP Gene Minor Number allele of participants Mean difference (95% CI) MAF P-value for association P-value for difference between studies 1 rs646776 CELSR2 G 3014 1175 -0.15 (-0.23, -0.08) -0.01 (-0.09, 0.06) .25 .24 3.4e-05 7.2e-01 0.05 1 rs599839 CELSR2 G 3013 1176 -0.16 (-0.23, -0.08) -0.02 (-0.09, 0.06) .25 .24 2.7e-05 6.7e-01 0.04 2 rs693 APOB T 3015 1176 0.01 (-0.06, 0.07) 0.03 (-0.04, 0.09) .27 .45 8.9e-01 4.4e-01 0.64 2 rs7575840 A (intergenic) 3015 1176 0.01 (-0.08, 0.09) 0.06 (-0.01, 0.13) .16 .30 8.6e-01 8.8e-02 0.19 5 rs12654264 A HMGCR 3014 1175 -0.03 (-0.09, 0.04) -0.01 (-0.07, 0.06) .42 .63 4.0e-01 8.5e-01 0.46 5 rs3846662 HMGCR T 3015 1175 -0.02 (-0.08, 0.04) -0.00 (-0.07, 0.06) .41 .58 5.5e-01 9.7e-01 0.89 6 rs2254287 COL11A2 C 3014 1174 0.05 (-0.01, 0.11) -0.01 (-0.07, 0.06) .49 .58 1.3e-01 8.0e-01 0.06 11 rs102275 FADS1 C 3013 1175 -0.11 (-0.19, -0.03) -0.04 (-0.11, 0.03) .20 .31 4.5e-03 2.6e-01 0.05 11 rs174570 FADS2 T 3013 1176 -0.16 (-0.27, -0.05) -0.04 (-0.13, 0.06) .08 .13 3.5e-03 4.5e-01 0.02 11 rs1535 FADS1 G 3009 1175 -0.10 (-0.18, -0.02) -0.04 (-0.11, 0.03) .18 .30 1.4e-02 2.5e-01 0.03 19 rs6511720 LDLR T 3015 1176 -0.08 (-0.19, 0.04) -0.11 (-0.20, -0.01) .08 .13 1.9e-01 3.7e-02 0.75 19 rs2228671 LDLR A 3015 1177 -0.06 (-0.18, 0.06) -0.07 (-0.17, 0.03) .07 .13 3.5e-01 1.6e-01 0.91 19 rs16996148 T CILP2 3013 1176 -0.03 (-0.13, 0.07) -0.07 (-0.18, 0.04) .11 .10 5.1e-01 1.9e-01 0.78 19 rs157580 APOE G 3006 1175 0.06 (0.00, 0.12) 0.01 (-0.06, 0.07) .47 .35 4.6e-02 8.5e-01 0.38 19 rs2075650 APOE C 3014 1177 0.06 (-0.03, 0.15) 0.07 (-0.02, 0.17) .11 .14 2.0e-01 1.2e-01 0.51 -.2 PROMIS -.15 -.1 -.05 0 .05 .1 .15 Effect size LURIC 20 Supplemental Figure 5(c): Association with log triglycerides (mmol/l) in PROMIS and LURIC participants of SNPs discovered in previous genome wide association studies in association with triglyceride levels Minor allele MAF P-value for association P-value for difference between studies Number of participants Mean difference (95% CI) G 3195 2440 -0.06 (-0.08, -0.03) -0.02 (-0.05, 0.01) .45 .31 2.6e-05 1.3e-01 0.07 rs12130333 (intergenic) T 3197 2451 -0.04 (-0.07, -0.00) -0.02 (-0.05, 0.01) .17 .20 4.6e-02 2.5e-01 0.48 1 rs4846914 GALNT2 A 3194 2450 -0.02 (-0.04, 0.01) -0.03 (-0.05, 0.00) .45 .58 2.4e-01 6.8e-02 0.80 2 rs693 APOB T 3197 2451 0.03 (-0.00, 0.06) 0.02 (-0.00, 0.05) .27 .46 8.1e-02 9.1e-02 0.81 2 rs673548 APOB A 3196 2451 -0.04 (-0.06, -0.01) -0.04 (-0.07, -0.01) .49 .22 5.7e-03 6.8e-03 0.69 2 rs1260326 GCKR T 3196 2451 0.08 (0.05, 0.11) 0.08 (0.05, 0.10) .26 .44 9.0e-07 7.2e-09 0.86 2 rs780094 GCKR T 3185 2449 0.07 (0.04, 0.11) 0.08 (0.05, 0.11) .26 .44 2.6e-06 3.9e-09 0.69 7 rs714052 BAZ1B G 3193 2451 -0.08 (-0.12, -0.03) -0.02 (-0.06, 0.03) .10 .11 1.0e-03 4.9e-01 0.09 7 rs17145738 TBL2 T 3197 2451 -0.09 (-0.14, -0.05) -0.02 (-0.06, 0.03) .10 .11 7.3e-05 4.5e-01 0.02 8 rs328 LPL G 3197 2451 -0.08 (-0.13, -0.03) -0.12 (-0.17, -0.08) .10 .11 6.5e-04 2.2e-08 0.12 8 rs2197089 LPL A 3172 2434 -0.02 (-0.05, 0.01) -0.04 (-0.07, -0.02) .44 .55 1.7e-01 1.8e-03 0.39 8 rs17321515 (intergenic) C 3197 2450 -0.01 (-0.04, 0.01) -0.03 (-0.06, -0.00) .37 .48 3.3e-01 3.5e-02 0.65 11 rs12286037 APOA5 T 3197 2451 0.12 (0.06, 0.19) 0.14 (0.09, 0.19) .04 .06 2.8e-04 1.3e-07 0.68 11 rs662799 ZNF259 C 3195 2452 0.14 (0.11, 0.18) 0.08 (0.03, 0.13) .17 .068 1.2e-14 2.2e-03 0.07 19 rs16996148 CILP2 T 3195 2451 -0.05 (-0.09, -0.01) -0.11 (-0.16, -0.06) .11 .09 2.5e-02 6.5e-06 0.07 19 rs157580 APOE G 3188 2449 -0.03 (-0.06, -0.01) -0.02 (-0.05, 0.01) .47 .36 1.6e-02 1.9e-01 0.73 19 rs439401 APOE C 3183 2426 0.04 (0.01, 0.07) 0.04 (0.02, 0.07) .45 .61 4.1e-03 1.9e-03 0.50 Chr SNP 1 rs1748195 DOCK7 1 -.15 -.1 -.05 0 .05 .1 .15 .2 PROMIS LURIC WebFigures 4 (a-b): Estimates represent the per-minor allele increase in lipid levels, adjusted for age, sex, the first two principal components and case-control status. The P-value for difference between studies corresponds to a test of nullity of interaction term between study and the SNP of interest. Boxes are proportional to the inverse of the variance of study estimates. Chr: chromosome, SNP: Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, MAF: minor allele frequency 21 Supplemental Figure 6(a): Comparison of linkage disequilibrium in PROMIS and LURIC participants for genes with nominally significant associations with HDL-C concentration 22 Supplemental Figure 6(b): Comparison of linkage disequilibrium in PROMIS and LURIC participants for genes with nominally significant associations with triglyceride concentration 23 Supplemental Figure 6(c): Comparison of linkage disequilibrium in PROMIS and LURIC participants for genes with nominally significant associations with LDL-C concentration 24 Supplemental Figure 7(a): Association with MI for SNPs associated with high density cholesterol in PROMIS SNP Risk allele Gene OR (95% CI) P-value Chromosome 9 rs1883025 A ABCA1 0.92 (0.83, 1.02) .35 .11 Chromosome 15 rs1800588 rs261332 T A LIPC LIPC 0.89 (0.78, 0.99) 0.84 (0.73, 0.96) .24 .18 .026 .0049 Chromosome 16 rs12708967 rs3764261 rs17231506 rs1800775 rs711752 rs708272 rs1864163 rs11508026 rs12720922 rs9939224 rs1532625 rs1532624 rs11076175 rs7499892 rs11076176 rs5880 rs5882 rs1800777 rs255052 G A A G T A A A T A T T G A C G C A A CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP CETP DPEP2 0.98 (0.86, 1.09) 0.97 (0.88, 1.07) 0.97 (0.88, 1.07) 0.97 (0.87, 1.06) 0.99 (0.90, 1.08) 0.99 (0.90, 1.08) 0.97 (0.86, 1.08) 0.98 (0.88, 1.07) 0.97 (0.86, 1.08) 0.97 (0.86, 1.08) 0.99 (0.90, 1.09) 0.98 (0.89, 1.07) 1.00 (0.88, 1.12) 1.01 (0.90, 1.12) 1.00 (0.89, 1.11) 1.00 (0.83, 1.17) 0.97 (0.88, 1.06) 0.93 (0.69, 1.17) 1.15 (1.03, 1.26) .22 .33 .33 .4 .47 .47 .22 .46 .2 .22 .48 .48 .19 .22 .21 .08 .43 .038 .2 .65 .6 .6 .49 .82 .86 .57 .62 .57 .55 .87 .7 .99 .81 .97 .97 .49 .56 .017 Chromosome 18 rs2156552 A (intergenic) 0.94 (0.81, 1.07) .14 .37 .8 MAF 1 1.2 odds ratio 25 Supplemental Figure 7(b): Association with MI for SNPs associated with low density cholesterol in PROMIS SNP Risk allele Gene OR (95% CI) MAF P-value Chromosome 1 rs646776 G CELSR2 0.85 (0.75, 0.96) .24 .0041 rs599839 G CELSR2 0.87 (0.76, 0.98) .24 .011 rs102275 C FADS1 0.99 (0.88, 1.11) .2 rs174570 T FADS2 1.03 (0.87, 1.19) .085 .72 rs1535 G FADS1 0.95 (0.83, 1.07) .17 .42 G APOE 0.99 (0.90, 1.09) .46 .91 Chromosome 11 .93 Chromosome 19 rs157580 .8 1 1.2 1.4 odds ratio 26 Supplemental Figure 7c: Association with MI for SNPs associated with triglycerides in PROMIS SNP Risk allele Gene OR (95% CI) MAF P-value Chromosome 1 rs1748195 rs12130333 G T DOCK7 (intergenic) 1.03 (0.94, 1.12) 1.06 (0.95, 1.18) .46 .18 .56 .31 Chromosome 2 rs673548 rs1260326 rs780094 rs780093 A T T T APOB GCKR GCKR GCKR 0.95 (0.86, 1.04) 1.01 (0.90, 1.11) 1.02 (0.92, 1.13) 1.03 (0.93, 1.14) .49 .26 .26 .26 .24 .91 .68 .56 Chromosome 7 rs714052 rs17145738 G T BAZ1B TBL2 0.96 (0.81, 1.12) 0.97 (0.81, 1.13) .1 .095 .63 .72 Chromosome 8 rs271 rs328 A G LPL LPL 0.86 (0.74, 0.99) 0.84 (0.68, 0.99) .16 .091 .021 .027 Chromosome 11 rs12286037 rs2075290 rs2266788 rs2072560 rs651821 rs662799 rs10750097 T G G A C C G APOA5 APOA5 ZNF259 ZNF259 ZNF259 ZNF259 APOA5 0.99 (0.77, 1.22) 0.97 (0.85, 1.09) 0.94 (0.82, 1.05) 0.97 (0.84, 1.09) 0.96 (0.84, 1.08) 0.96 (0.84, 1.08) 0.98 (0.88, 1.07) .043 .18 .19 .16 .17 .17 .44 .94 .61 .28 .6 .53 .52 .61 Chromosome 19 rs16996148 rs157580 rs439401 T G C CILP2 APOE APOE 0.92 (0.77, 1.07) 0.99 (0.90, 1.09) 0.97 (0.88, 1.06) .11 .46 .45 .27 .91 .54 .8 1 1.2 1.4 odds ratio 27 Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following individuals: Epidemiological fieldwork in Pakistan: Zeeshan Ozair, Fahad Shuja, Mustafa Qadir Hameed, Imad Hussain, Hamza Khalid, Ali Memon, Kamran Shahid, Ali Kazmi, Sana Nasim, Muhammad Ahsan Javed, Zahir Hussain, Kanwal Aamir, Mazhar Khan, Muhammad Zuhair Yusuf, Muhammad Zafar, Faisal Majeed, Madiha Ishaq, Turkey Hussain Marmoos, Faud Khurshid, Farhat Abdul Muntaqim, Sarosh Fatima, Rehan Ahmed, Muhammad Nabeel, Mansoor Ahmed Khokar, Syed Shazad Hussain, Madad Ali Ujjan, Parveen Sultan, Asghar Ali, Ayaz Ali, Mir Alam, Hassan Zaib, Abdul Ghafoor, Saeed Ahmed, Muhammad Riazuddin, Muhammad Irshad Javed, Jabir Furqan, Abdul Ghaffar, Muhammad Shahid, Tanveer Baig Mirza, Muhammad Naeem, Afzal Hussain, Abdul Hakeem, Zahid Hussain, Tanveer Abbas, Muhammad Khurram Shahzad, Khowaja Muhammad Shoaib, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Altaf Hussain, Waleed Kayani, Muhammad Shazad, Mehmood Jafree and Ayeesha Kamal. Laboratory assays: Asad Ali Shah, Sobia Naz, Farina Hanif, Shaheen Khanum, Aisha Nazir, Aisha Sultana, Mehwish Jabar, Zahid Hussain, Madiha Yameen, Nadir Khan, Inosh Hasan, Jonathan Stephens, Pamela Whittaker, Radhi Ravindrarajah, Owen T McCann and the personnel of the WTSI Genotyping Facility Jackie Bryant, Sarah L. Clark, Jen S. Conquer, Thomas Dibling, Stephen Gamble, Clifford Hind, Michelle Ricketts, Claire R. Stribling, Sam Taylor, Alicja Wilk, Julia C. Wyatt, Silvia Behaim, Ursula Discher, Isolde Friedrich, Brigitte Haas, Gaby Herr and Brigitte Kreisel. Data management: Sarfaraz Sher Ali, Touqeer Ahmed, Fariha Nadeem, Matthew Walker, Sarah Watson and Mohammed J.R. Ghori. Epidemiological/statistical support: Nilesh Samani and Kausik Ray. Administration: Kashif Saleheen and Hannah Sneath. 28