OBJECTIVE: To evaluate familial and genetic influences on carotid artery plaque, a qualitative marker of the systemic burden of atherosclerosis. METHODS: The design was a cross-sectional study of 2,223 members of 525 randomly-ascertained families and 2,514 members of 589 high coronary heart disease (CHD) risk families from 4 U.S. communities. RESULTS: The prevalence of plaque was 33, 36, and 47%, respectively, among probands with 0, 1, and 2 or more first-degree relatives with a history of CHD. There was evidence of sibling aggregation of plaque in random families (OR = 1.89; 95% CI: 1.44, 2.48), but associations were substantially attenuated when adjusted for major cardiovascular disease risk factors. A genome scan with 420 microsatellite markers revealed no regions of significant or suggestive linkage for plaque in 342 affected sibling pairs, although suggestive linkage (LOD score: 2.43) was found on chromosome 2p11.2 (D2S1790) in pairs aged 55 years or younger. Other markers with nominal evidence for linkage (p < 0.05) were found on chromosomes 2p25, 2q24-q32, 6q21-q23, 7p12-p21, 7q11-q21, 8q24, 12q12-q13, 18p11, 21q21 and Xp11, Xq12, and Xq24. CONCLUSIONS: There was modest familial aggregation of carotid artery plaque, but a genome-wide scan indicated no regions of significant or suggestive linkage. Copyright 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate familial and genetic influences on carotid artery plaque, a qualitative marker of the systemic burden of atherosclerosis. METHODS: The design was a cross-sectional study of 2,223 members of 525 randomly-ascertained families and 2,514 members of 589 high coronary heart disease (CHD) risk families from 4 U.S. communities. RESULTS: The prevalence of plaque was 33, 36, and 47%, respectively, among probands with 0, 1, and 2 or more first-degree relatives with a history of CHD. There was evidence of sibling aggregation of plaque in random families (OR = 1.89; 95% CI: 1.44, 2.48), but associations were substantially attenuated when adjusted for major cardiovascular disease risk factors. A genome scan with 420 microsatellite markers revealed no regions of significant or suggestive linkage for plaque in 342 affected sibling pairs, although suggestive linkage (LOD score: 2.43) was found on chromosome 2p11.2 (D2S1790) in pairs aged 55 years or younger. Other markers with nominal evidence for linkage (p < 0.05) were found on chromosomes 2p25, 2q24-q32, 6q21-q23, 7p12-p21, 7q11-q21, 8q24, 12q12-q13, 18p11, 21q21 and Xp11, Xq12, and Xq24. CONCLUSIONS: There was modest familial aggregation of carotid artery plaque, but a genome-wide scan indicated no regions of significant or suggestive linkage. Copyright 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel
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