Elevated serum LDL-C increases the risk of Lewy body dementia : a two-sample mendelian randomization study

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BACKGROUND: Lewy body dementia (LBD) ranks second among prevalent neurodegenerative dementias. Previous studies have revealed associations of serum lipid measures with several neurodegenerative diseases. Nevertheless, the potential connection between serum lipids and LBD remains undetermined. In this study, Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses were carried out to assess the causal relationships of several serum lipid measures with the risk of developing LBD.

METHODS: Genome-wide association study (GWAS) data for serum lipids and LBD in European descent individuals were acquired from publicly available genetic summary data. A series of filtering procedures were conducted to identify the genetic variant candidates that are related to serum lipids, including high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides (TG). The causal effects were primarily determined through inverse-variance weighting (IVW)-based analyses.

RESULTS: Neither TG (odds ratio [OR] = 1.149; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.887-1.489; P = 0.293) nor HDL-C (OR = 0.864; 95% CI, 0.718-1.041; P = 0.124) had causal effects on LBD. However, a causal relationship was identified between LDL-C and LBD (OR = 1.343; 95% CI, 1.094-1.649; P = 0.005), which remained significant (OR = 1.237; 95% CI, 1.015-1.508; P = 0.035) following adjustment for HDL-C and TG in multivariable MR.

CONCLUSIONS: Elevated serum LDL-C increases the risk of LBD, while HDL-C and TG have no significant causal effects on LBD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Lipids in health and disease - 23(2024), 1 vom: 08. Feb., Seite 42

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Pengdi [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yafei [VerfasserIn]
Xing, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Le [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Jianqiang [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Xianxia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Causality
Cholesterol, HDL
Cholesterol, LDL
Journal Article
Lewy body dementia
Mendelian randomization
Serum lipids
Triglycerides

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12944-024-02032-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368213668