Journal
PHARMACOGENETICS AND GENOMICS
Volume 15, Issue 10, Pages 687-691Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/01.fpc.0000174789.77614.68
Keywords
warfarin; VKORC1 genotype; CYP2C9 genotype; Chinese; pharmacogenetics
Funding
- NHLBI NIH HHS [U01 HL66682] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [P30 ES07033] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM068797] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective To evaluate the association of VKORC1 genetic variants with warfarin dose requirements in a Hong Kong Chinese patient population. Methods A retrospective study of Hong Kong Chinese patients chronically maintained on warfarin was conducted. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in VKORC1 and CYP2C9 were genotyped. Stable warfarin dose data were retrieved from patient medical records. Results Sixty-nine patients were included in the analysis. VKORC1 haplotypes H1 (group A) and H7 (group B) were most common, accounting for 86% and 13% of all haplotypic variation in this cohort. Patients carrying at least one copy of a VKORC1 group B haplotype (n = 16) required a significantly higher stable warfarin dose (5.17 +/- 1.53 mg/ day) than patients that were homozygous for group A haplotypes (n = 53; 2.93 +/- 1.22 mg; P< 0.001). In the VKORC1 A/A group, four patients (5.8%) were heterozygous for CYP2C9*3 and had a lower dose requirement (1.94 +/- 0.43 mg) than patients that exhibited the CYP2C9 * 1/* 1 genotype (3.01 +/- 1.23 mg), P= 0.004. In multivariate analysis, VKORC1 and CYP2C9 explained 31% and 7.9% of the variability in warfarin dose, respectively. Conclusions VKORC1 genotype is the dominant genetic influence on inter-individual variability in warfarin dose in Hong Kong Chinese. The lower mean dose of warfarin in Chinese, relative to Europeans, appears to be a reflection of their preponderance of the 'low-dose' VKORC1 H1/H1 (homozygous group A) genotype.
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