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Original ResearchPulmonary Arterial HypertensionGenetic Associations With Hypoxemia and Pulmonary Arterial Pressure in COPD
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Study Participants
The current analysis was performed in severe COPD subjects in two populations, the NETT Genetics Ancillary Study and the Boston Early-Onset COPD Study. Subject enrollment and data collection in the NETT and the Boston Early-Onset COPD Study have been described elsewhere.23, 24, 25 The study populations consisted of 389 participants from the NETT Genetics Ancillary Study and 139 probands from the Boston Early-Onset COPD Study. After providing written informed consent, participants from both
Study Participants
Baseline characteristics of the NETT and Boston Early-Onset COPD Study participants are described in Table 1, Table 2, respectively. Both populations are characterized by severe COPD and a history of heavy smoking. Compared to the NETT population, the Boston Early-Onset COPD Study probands are younger and composed of a larger percentage of women.
For the case-control analysis of hypoxemia in the Boston Early-Onset COPD Study probands, comparison of baseline variables between groups is included
Discussion
In this study, we tested five candidate genes for association with three COPD-related phenotypes. We found associations in EPHX1 and SERPINE2 for Pao2, and in SFTPB for PASP. To confirm the associations with Pao2, we tested the same SNPs from EPHX1 and SERPINE2 in a different population and demonstrated gene-level, but not SNP-level, association with a closely related phenotype.
This is the first study of the relationship between genetic polymorphisms and hypoxemia in subjects with COPD. While
Acknowledgment
Coinvestigators in the NETT Genetics Ancillary Study include Joshua Benditt, Gerard Criner, Malcolm DeCamp, Philip Diaz, Mark Ginsburg, Larry Kaiser, Marcia Katz, Mark Krasna, Neil MacIntyre, Barry Make, Rob McKenna, Fernando Martinez, Zab Mosenifar, Andrew Ries, Paul Scanlon, Frank Sciurba, and James Utz.
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This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grants T32HS00060, K08HL080242, R01HL075478, R01HL71393, U01HL065899, and P01HL083069, and a grant from The Alpha One Foundation. The National Emphysema Treatment Trial was supported by contracts with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (contracts N01HR76101, N01HR76102, N01HR76103, N01HR76104, N01HR76105, N01HR76106, N01HR76107, N01HR76108, N01HR76109, N01HR76110, N01HR76111, N01HR76112, N01HR76113, N01HR76114, N01HR76115, N01HR76116, N01HR76118, and N01HR76119), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Drs. Castaldi, Hersh, and Reilly have reported to the ACCP that no significant conflicts of interest exist with any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article.
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Dr. Silverman has received grant support, honoraria, and consulting fees from GlaxoSmithKline; honoraria and consulting fees from AstraZeneca; and honoraria from Wyeth and Bayer.