Genetic Risk Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation

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BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) has a substantial genetic basis. Identification of individuals at greatest AF risk could minimize the incidence of cardioembolic stroke.

METHODS: To determine whether genetic data can stratify risk for development of AF, we examined associations between AF genetic risk scores and incident AF in 5 prospective studies comprising 18 919 individuals of European ancestry. We examined associations between AF genetic risk scores and ischemic stroke in a separate study of 509 ischemic stroke cases (202 cardioembolic [40%]) and 3028 referents. Scores were based on 11 to 719 common variants (≥5%) associated with AF at P values ranging from <1×10-3 to <1×10-8 in a prior independent genetic association study.

RESULTS: Incident AF occurred in 1032 individuals (5.5%). AF genetic risk scores were associated with new-onset AF after adjustment for clinical risk factors. The pooled hazard ratio for incident AF for the highest versus lowest quartile of genetic risk scores ranged from 1.28 (719 variants; 95% confidence interval, 1.13-1.46; P=1.5×10-4) to 1.67 (25 variants; 95% confidence interval, 1.47-1.90; P=9.3×10-15). Discrimination of combined clinical and genetic risk scores varied across studies and scores (maximum C statistic, 0.629-0.811; maximum ΔC statistic from clinical score alone, 0.009-0.017). AF genetic risk was associated with stroke in age- and sex-adjusted models. For example, individuals in the highest versus lowest quartile of a 127-variant score had a 2.49-fold increased odds of cardioembolic stroke (95% confidence interval, 1.39-4.58; P=2.7×10-3). The effect persisted after the exclusion of individuals (n=70) with known AF (odds ratio, 2.25; 95% confidence interval, 1.20-4.40; P=0.01).

CONCLUSIONS: Comprehensive AF genetic risk scores were associated with incident AF beyond associations for clinical AF risk factors but offered small improvements in discrimination. AF genetic risk was also associated with cardioembolic stroke in age- and sex-adjusted analyses. Efforts are warranted to determine whether AF genetic risk may improve identification of subclinical AF or help distinguish between stroke mechanisms.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Circulation. 2017 Apr 4;135(14):1321-1324. - PMID 28373525

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:135

Enthalten in:

Circulation - 135(2017), 14 vom: 04. Apr., Seite 1311-1320

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lubitz, Steven A [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Xiaoyan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Henry J [VerfasserIn]
Kolek, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Smith, J Gustav [VerfasserIn]
Trompet, Stella [VerfasserIn]
Rienstra, Michiel [VerfasserIn]
Rost, Natalia S [VerfasserIn]
Teixeira, Pedro L [VerfasserIn]
Almgren, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Christopher D [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Lin Y [VerfasserIn]
Engström, Gunnar [VerfasserIn]
Ford, Ian [VerfasserIn]
Furie, Karen L [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Xiuqing [VerfasserIn]
Larson, Martin G [VerfasserIn]
Lunetta, Kathryn L [VerfasserIn]
Macfarlane, Peter W [VerfasserIn]
Psaty, Bruce M [VerfasserIn]
Soliman, Elsayed Z [VerfasserIn]
Sotoodehnia, Nona [VerfasserIn]
Stott, David J [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Kent D [VerfasserIn]
Weng, Lu-Chen [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Geelhoed, Bastiaan [VerfasserIn]
Verweij, Niek [VerfasserIn]
Siland, Joylene E [VerfasserIn]
Kathiresan, Sekar [VerfasserIn]
Roselli, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Roden, Dan M [VerfasserIn]
van der Harst, Pim [VerfasserIn]
Darbar, Dawood [VerfasserIn]
Jukema, J Wouter [VerfasserIn]
Melander, Olle [VerfasserIn]
Rosand, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Rotter, Jerome I [VerfasserIn]
Heckbert, Susan R [VerfasserIn]
Ellinor, Patrick T [VerfasserIn]
Alonso, Alvaro [VerfasserIn]
Benjamin, Emelia J [VerfasserIn]
AFGen Consortium [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Forecasting
Genetic association studies
Journal Article
Stroke

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.05.2017

Date Revised 17.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Circulation. 2017 Apr 4;135(14):1321-1324. - PMID 28373525

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024143

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM265760534