Occupational and genetic risk factors associated with intervertebral disc disease

STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional epidemiologic study.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the interaction between known genetic risk factors and whole-body vibration for symptomatic intervertebral disc disease (IDD) in an occupational sample.

SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Risk factors of IDD include, among others, whole-body vibration and heredity. In this study, the importance of a set of known genetic risk factors and whole-body vibration was evaluated in an occupational sample of train engineers and sedentary controls.

METHODS: Eleven variations in 8 genes (COL9A2, COL9A3, COL11A2, IL1A, IL1B, IL6, MMP-3, and VDR) were genotyped in 150 male train engineers with an average of 21-year exposure to whole-body vibration and 61 male paper mill workers with no exposure to vibration. Subjects were classified into IDD-phenotype and asymptomatic groups, based on the latent class analysis.

RESULTS: The number of individuals belonging to the IDD-phenotype was significantly higher among train engineers (42% of train engineers vs. 17.5% of sedentary workers; P = 0.005). IL1A -889T allele represented a significant risk factor for the IDD-phenotype both in the single marker allelic association test (P = 0.043) and in the logistic regression analysis (P = 0.01). None of the other allele markers was significantly associated with symptoms when analyzed independently. However, for all the SNP markers considered, whole-body vibration represents a nominally significant risk factor.

CONCLUSION: The results suggest that whole-body vibration is a risk factor for symptomatic IDD. Moreover, whole-body vibration had an additive effect with genetic risk factors increasing the likelihood of belonging to the IDD-phenotype group. Of the independent genetic markers, IL1A -889T allele had strongest association with IDD-phenotype.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2007 Dec 1;32(25):2926; author reply 2926-7. - PMID 18246021

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2007

Erschienen:

2007

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Spine - 32(2007), 10 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 1129-34

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Virtanen, Iita M [VerfasserIn]
Karppinen, Jaro [VerfasserIn]
Taimela, Simo [VerfasserIn]
Ott, Jürg [VerfasserIn]
Barral, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Kaikkonen, Kaisu [VerfasserIn]
Heikkilä, Olli [VerfasserIn]
Mutanen, Pertti [VerfasserIn]
Noponen, Noora [VerfasserIn]
Männikkö, Minna [VerfasserIn]
Tervonen, Osmo [VerfasserIn]
Natri, Antero [VerfasserIn]
Ala-Kokko, Leena [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

COL11A2 protein, human
COL9A2 protein, human
COL9A3 protein, human
Collagen Type IX
Collagen Type XI
EC 3.4.24.17
IL1A protein, human
IL1B protein, human
IL6 protein, human
Interleukin-1alpha
Interleukin-1beta
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Matrix Metalloproteinase 3
Receptors, Calcitriol
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.05.2007

Date Revised 17.11.2011

published: Print

CommentIn: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2007 Dec 1;32(25):2926; author reply 2926-7. - PMID 18246021

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM170007707