Jonathan Witonsky1, Jennifer R Elhawary2, Celeste Eng2, José R Rodríguez-Santana3, Luisa N Borrell4, Esteban G Burchard5. 1. Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Electronic address: jonathan.witonsky@ucsf.edu. 2. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 3. Centro de Neumología Pediátrica, San Juan, PR. 4. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY. 5. Department of Medicine and Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Variation in genetic ancestry among genetically admixed racial and ethnic groups may influence the fit of guideline-recommended spirometry reference equations, which rely on self-identified race and ethnicity. RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the influence of genetic ancestry on the fit of race- and ethnicity-based spirometry reference equations in populations of genetically admixed children? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Cross-sectional fit of guideline-recommended race- and ethnicity-based spirometry reference equations was evaluated in healthy control participants from case-control studies of asthma. Anthropometry, blood samples, and spirometric measurements were obtained for 599 genetically admixed children 8 to 21 years of age. Genetic ancestry was estimated using genome-wide genotype data. Equation fit, measured as a mean z score, was assessed in self-identified African American (n = 275) and Puerto Rican (n = 324) children as well as genetic ancestry-defined strata of each population. RESULTS: For African American children, African American-derived equations fit for predicting FEV1 and FVC in those with an African ancestry more than the median (81.4%-100.0%), whereas composite equations for "other/mixed" populations fit for predicting FEV1 and FVC in those with African ancestry at or less than the median (30.7%-81.3%). For Puerto Rican children with African ancestry at or less than the median (6.4%-21.3%), White-derived equations fit both FEV1 and FVC, whereas for those with African ancestry more than the median (21.4%-87.5%), White-derived equations fit the FEV1 and the composite equations fit the FVC. INTERPRETATION: Guideline-recommended spirometry reference equations yielded biased estimates of lung function in genetically admixed children with high variation of African ancestry. Spirometry could benefit from reference equations that incorporate genetic ancestry, either for more precise application of the current equations or the derivation and use of new equations.
BACKGROUND: Variation in genetic ancestry among genetically admixed racial and ethnic groups may influence the fit of guideline-recommended spirometry reference equations, which rely on self-identified race and ethnicity. RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the influence of genetic ancestry on the fit of race- and ethnicity-based spirometry reference equations in populations of genetically admixed children? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Cross-sectional fit of guideline-recommended race- and ethnicity-based spirometry reference equations was evaluated in healthy control participants from case-control studies of asthma. Anthropometry, blood samples, and spirometric measurements were obtained for 599 genetically admixed children 8 to 21 years of age. Genetic ancestry was estimated using genome-wide genotype data. Equation fit, measured as a mean z score, was assessed in self-identified African American (n = 275) and Puerto Rican (n = 324) children as well as genetic ancestry-defined strata of each population. RESULTS: For African American children, African American-derived equations fit for predicting FEV1 and FVC in those with an African ancestry more than the median (81.4%-100.0%), whereas composite equations for "other/mixed" populations fit for predicting FEV1 and FVC in those with African ancestry at or less than the median (30.7%-81.3%). For Puerto Rican children with African ancestry at or less than the median (6.4%-21.3%), White-derived equations fit both FEV1 and FVC, whereas for those with African ancestry more than the median (21.4%-87.5%), White-derived equations fit the FEV1 and the composite equations fit the FVC. INTERPRETATION: Guideline-recommended spirometry reference equations yielded biased estimates of lung function in genetically admixed children with high variation of African ancestry. Spirometry could benefit from reference equations that incorporate genetic ancestry, either for more precise application of the current equations or the derivation and use of new equations.
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