Journal
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Volume 220, Issue 2, Pages 486-492Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.10.011
Keywords
Gene-environment interaction; Apolipoprotein E polymorphism; Cardiovascular risk factors; Smoking; Physical activity
Funding
- Vastra Gotaland County Council
- Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Research Council for Environment and Spatial Planning
- Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation
- AstraZeneca RD Sweden
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Objective: Apolipoprotein E genotype (APOE) polymorphism affects lipid levels and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. However, these associations may be modified by lifestyle factors. Therefore, we studied whether smoking, physical inactivity or overweight interact with APOE on cholesterol levels and CHD risk. Methods: Combining two Swedish case-control studies yielded 1735 CHD cases and 4654 population controls (3747 men, 2642 women). Self-reported questionnaire lifestyle data included smoking (ever [current or former regular] or never) and physical inactivity (mainly sitting leisure time). We obtained LDL cholesterol levels and APOE genotypes. CHD risk was modelled using logistic regression to obtain odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), adjusted for relevant covariates. Results: Smoking interacted with APOE on CHD risk; adjusted ORs for ever versus never smoking were 1.45 (95% CI 1.00-2.10) in epsilon 2 carriers, 2.25 (95% CI 1.90-2.68) in epsilon 3 homozygotes and 2.37 (95% CI 1.85-3.04) in epsilon 4 carriers. Female epsilon 4 carriers had OR 3.62 (95% CI 2.32-5.63). The adjusted ORs for physical inactivity were 1.09 (95% CI 0.73-1.61), 1.34 (95% CI 1.12-1.61), and 1.79 (95% CI 1.38-2.30) in epsilon 2, epsilon 3 epsilon 3 and epsilon 4 groups, respectively. No interaction was seen between overweight and APOE for CHD risk, or between any lifestyle factor and APOE for LDL cholesterol levels. Conclusion: The APOE epsilon 2 allele counteracted CHD risk from smoking in both genders, while the epsilon 4 allele was seen to potentiate this risk mainly in women. Similar epsilon 2 protection and epsilon 4 potentiation was suggested for CHD risk from physical inactivity. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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