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. 2015 Feb 3;11(2):e1004855. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004855

Table 1. Association of a burden of rare variants in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene with plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and the risk for early-onset myocardial infarction.

pheno-type variants analyzed variant count allele count allele freq. LDL-C >190mg/dl (n = 251) LDL-C <190mg/dl (n = 1,901) P-value OR 95% CI
plasma LDL-C clear LoF 11 16 0.007 13 3 2×10-10 34.4 9.4–189.7
all missense 55 127 0.059 35 92 4×10-7 3.2 2.0–4.9
all missense + LoF 66 143 0.066 48 95 4×10-13 4.5 3.0–6.6
predicted as damaging 30 48 0.022 22 26 2×10-9 6.9 3.7–12.9
predicted as damaging + LoF 41 64 0.030 35 29 2×10-17 10.4 6.1–18.1
disruptive- missense 13 20 0.009 14 6 1×10-9 18.6 6.6–59.6
disruptive missense + LoF 24 36 0.017 27 9 6×10-19 25.3 11.3–61.8
pheno-type variants analyzed variant count allele count allele freq. MI case (n = 1,716) MI control (n = 1,519) P-value OR 95% CI
MI clear LoF 12 17 0.005 17 0 2×10-5 - 3.7-inf.
all missense 70 177 0.055 119 58 1×10-4 1.9 1.4–2.6
all missense + LoF 82 194 0.060 136 58 8×10-7 2.1 1.6–3.0
predicted as damaging 36 62 0.019 50 12 8×10-6 3.8 2.0–7.8
predicted as damaging + LoF 48 79 0.024 67 12 3×10-9 5.1 2.7–10.4
disruptive- missense 14 29 0.009 27 2 5×10-6 12.1 3.0–105.4
disruptive missense + LoF 26 46 0.014 44 2 2×10-10 20.0 5.2–169.9