Candidate Gene Analysis Reveals Strong Association of <i>CETP</i> Variants With High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and <i>PCSK9</i> Variants With Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Ghanaian Adults: An AWI-Gen Sub-Study.

ABSTRACT: Variations in lipid levels are attributed partly to genetic factors. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) mainly performed in European, African American and Asian cohorts have identified variants associated with LDL-C, HDL-C, total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG), but few studies have been performed in sub-Saharan Africans. This study evaluated the effect of single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in eight candidate loci (ABCA1, LCAT, LPL, PON1, CETP, PCSK9, MVK, and MMAB) on lipid levels among 1855 Ghanaian adults. All lipid levels were measured directly using an automated analyser. DNA was extracted and genotyped using the H3Africa SNV array. Linear regression models were used to test the association between SNVs and log-transf

SUBMITTER: Agongo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7661969 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature