期刊
CIRCULATION
卷 141, 期 16, 页码 1307-1317出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.045102
关键词
blood pressure; hypertension; Mendelian randomization analysis; white blood cells
资金
- European Research Council (ERC) [ERC-CoG-726318]
- European Research Council (InflammaTENSION) [ERC-CoG-726318]
- British Heart Foundation [RE/13/5/30177]
- National Science Center, Poland [2016/22/E/NZ4/00610]
- UK Medical Research Council
- British Heart Foundation Intermediate Clinical Research Fellowship [FS/18/23/33512]
- National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Center
- British Heart Foundation grants [PG/17/35/33001, PG/19/16/34270]
- Kidney Research UK grant [RP_017_20180302]
- ERC under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program [648131]
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research [81Z1710103]
- British Heart Foundation grant [PG/19/84/34771]
- [ERA-CVD/PLAQUEFIGHT/5/2018]
- MRC [G9521010] Funding Source: UKRI
Background: High blood pressure (BP) is a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. While BP is regulated by the function of kidney, vasculature, and sympathetic nervous system, recent experimental data suggest that immune cells may play a role in hypertension. Methods: We studied the relationship between major white blood cell types and blood pressure in the UK Biobank population and used Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses using the approximate to 750 000 UK-Biobank/International Consortium of Blood Pressure-Genome-Wide Association Studies to examine which leukocyte populations may be causally linked to BP. Results: A positive association between quintiles of lymphocyte, monocyte, and neutrophil counts, and increased systolic BP, diastolic BP, and pulse pressure was observed (eg, adjusted systolic BP mean +/- SE for 1st versus 5th quintile respectively: 140.13 +/- 0.08 versus 141.62 +/- 0.07 mm Hg for lymphocyte, 139.51 +/- 0.08 versus 141.84 +/- 0.07 mm Hg for monocyte, and 137.96 +/- 0.08 versus 142.71 +/- 0.07 mm Hg for neutrophil counts; all P<10(-50)). Using 121 single nucleotide polymorphisms in MR, implemented through the inverse-variance weighted approach, we identified a potential causal relationship of lymphocyte count with systolic BP and diastolic BP (causal estimates: 0.69 [95% CI, 0.19-1.20] and 0.56 [95% CI, 0.23-0.90] of mm Hg per 1 SD genetically elevated lymphocyte count, respectively), which was directionally concordant to the observational findings. These inverse-variance weighted estimates were consistent with other robust MR methods. The exclusion of rs3184504 SNP in the SH2B3 locus attenuated the magnitude of the signal in some of the MR analyses. MR in the reverse direction found evidence of positive effects of BP indices on counts of monocytes, neutrophils, and eosinophils but not lymphocytes or basophils. Subsequent MR testing of lymphocyte count in the context of genetic correlation with renal function or resting and postexercise heart rate demonstrated a positive association of lymphocyte count with urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio. Conclusions: Observational and genetic analyses demonstrate a concordant, positive and potentially causal relationship of lymphocyte count with systolic BP and diastolic BP.
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