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. 2014 Jan 16;7:15–32. doi: 10.2147/TACG.S35301

Table 5.

Main characteristics and results of studies assessing improvement of predictive capacity of classical cardiovascular risk functions after inclusion of genetic information

Author Population Clinical outcome Genetic variants Other covariates
Results
Risk factors Family history Association Discrimination NRI Clinical NRI
Case-control
 Davies et al105 OHGS3,323Ca/2,319 Co
WTCC: 1,926 Ca/2,938 Co
CAD One SNP(9p21)
12 SNPs (related and unrelated CVRF)
Yes No NR ΔAUC 0.003
ΔAUC 0.008
 Anderson et al106 Patients undergoing coronary angiography: 1,086 Ca/482 Co CAD 5 SNPs (related and unrelated CVRF) Yes Yes OR 1.24 ΔAUC 0.008 16.0% 28.3%
 Qi et al107 Hispanic: 1,989 Ca/2,096 Co Ml 3 SNPs (related and unrelated CVFR) Yes No OR 1.18 ΔAUC 0.010
 Qi et al108 Type II DM patients: 1,076
Ca/1,430 Co
CAD 5 SNPs (related and unrelated CVRF) Yes No OR 1.19
 Lv et al105 Chinese Han population: 1,007 Ca/889 Co CAD 8 SNPs (related and unrelated CVRF) Yes No OR 1.28 ΔAUC 0.022
 Patel et al110 US population: 1,338 Ca/1,649 Co (>70 years) Ml <70 years 11 SNPs Yes Yes OR 1.12 ΔAUC 0.012
Case-cohort
 Hughes et al111 Middle-aged men, European general population
632 Ca/1,361 subcohort
CAD 11 SNPs + two haplotypes
11 SNPs + 4 SNPs (unrelated CVRF)
Yes
Yes
No
No
NR
NR
ΔAUC 0.009
ΔAUC 0.011
7.5%
6.5%
6.3%
5.1%
 Vaarhorst et al112 European general population 742 Ca/2,22l subcohort 12.1 years follow-up, CAD 29 SNPs (unrelated CVRF) Yes No HR 1.12 2.8% NR
Cohort
 Morrison et al113 ARIC, US general population 13,907 13 years follow-up, 1,452 CAD 10 SNPs – White population
11 SNPs – Black population
Yes No HR 1.10
HR 1.20
ΔAUC 0.002
ΔAUC 0.011
NR NR
 Kathiresan et al114 Malmö, European general population, 4,232 10.6 years follow-up, 238 CVD 9 SNPs, lipid-related Yes No HR 1.15 ΔAUC 0.003
 Talmud et al115 NPHS-II, UK middle-aged men, 2,742 15 years follow-up, 270 CAD 1 SNP(9p21) Yes Yes AA versus AG 1.38
AA versus GG 1.57
ΔAUC 0.02 13.8% NR
 Brautbar et al116 ARIC, US general population (Whites), 9,998 14.6 years follow-up, 1,349 CAD 1 SNP(9p21) Yes No HR 1.20 ΔAUC 0.004 0.8% 6.2
 Paynter et al117 WGHS, US middle-aged
White women, 22,192
10.2 years follow-up, 1,349 CVD 1 SNP(9p21) Yes Yes AA versus AG 1.25
AA versus GG 1.32
ΔAUC 0.002 Framingham, 2.7%
Reynolds, 0.2%
NR
 Paynter et al118 WGHS, US White women, 19,313 12.3 years follow-up, 777 CVD 101 SNPs
12 SNPs (related and unrelated CVRF)
Yes Yes HR 1.00
HR 1.04
ΔAUC 0.000
ΔAUC 0.001
0.5%
0.5%
NR
 Ripatti et al119 General European population, 30,725 10.7 years follow-up, 1,264 CHD 13 SNPs (related and unrelated CVRF) Yes Yes HR 1.66(Q5 versus Q1) ΔAUC 0.001 2.2% 9.7%
 Shiffman et al120 CHS, US old population (>65 years), 4,284 12.6 years follow-up, Ml 1 SNP(9p2l)
1 SNP(KIF6719 Arg) carriers
Yes No HR 1.22 (White men)
HR 1.16 (White women)
HR NR (Black men)HR 1.42 (White men)
HR 1.05 (White women)
ΔAUC 0.005
ΔAUC 0.002
ΔAUC 0.034
ΔAUC 0.015
ΔAUC −0.001
2.1%
−1.8%
18.2%
2.7%
0.7%
 Thanassoulis et al121 Framingham, US general population, 3,014 11 years follow-up, 182 hard CHD 13 SNPs (related and unrelated CVRF) Yes Yes HR 1.07 ΔAUC 0.002 19.0% NR
 Lluis-Ganella et al122 General population,
Framingham 3,537 + REGICOR 2,351
11.9 years follow-up, 536 CHD 8 SNPs (unrelated CVRF) Yes Yes HR 1.13 ΔAUC No 6.4% 17.4%
 Gransbo et al123 Malmö, 24,777 11.7 years follow-up, 2,668 CVD 9p21 variant Yes No HR 1.17 ΔAUC 0.001 1.2%
 Isaacs et al124 Erasmus Family study 2,269 + Rotterdam Study 8,130 9.5 years follow-up, 924 CHD Lipid-related GRS Yes No GRSTC HR 1.09
GRSLDL HR 1.08
GRSHDL HR 0.99
GRSTG HR 1.04
ΔAUC 0.000
 Ganna et al125 6 Swedish cohorts, 10,612 781 CHD GRSglobal, 395
GRSCHD, 46
Yes No HR 1.54
HR 1.52
ΔAUC 0.002
ΔAUC 0.004
4.2%
4.9%
Tikkanen et al126 4 Finnish cohorts, 24,124 12 years follow-up, 1,093 CHD 28 SNPs (related and unrelated CVRF) Yes Yes HR 1.27 ΔAUC 0.003 5.0% 27.0%

Notes:

P-value<0.05.

Abbreviations: ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study; CAD, coronary artery disease; Ml, myocardial infarction; CVD, cardiovascular disease; OHGS, Ottawa Heart Genomics Study; WTCCC, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium; Ca, Cases; Co, Controls; DM, diabetes mellitus; NPHS-11: Northwick Park Heart Study 11; WGHS, Women Genome Health Study; CHS, Cardiac Health Study; REGICOR, Registre Gironi del Cor (Girona Heart Registry); OR, odds ratio; HR, hazard ratio; NR, not reported; AUC, area under the receiver operating curve; NRI, Net Reclassification Index; CVRF, cardiovascular risk factors; GRS, genetic risk score; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism.