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 |
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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 |