Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ANGPTL4 gene and the SNP-SNP interactions on the risk of atherosclerotic Ischaemic stroke

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the ANGPTL4 gene and the SNP–SNP interactions on atherosclerotic ischemic stroke (IS) risk. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A case-control study was conducted. A total of 360 patients with atherosclerotic IS and 342 controls between December 2018 and December 2019 from Longyan First Hospital affiliated to Fujian Medical University were included. A logistic regression model was used to examine the association between SNPs and atherosclerotic IS risk. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated. Generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction was employed to analyze the SNP-SNP interaction. RESULTS: Logistic regression analysis showed that atherosclerotic IS risk was significantly lower in carriers with the rs11672433-T allele than those with the CC genotype (CT+ TT vs. CC); adjusted OR, 0.005; 95% CI, 0.02–0.11. We found a significant 2-locus model (P = 0.0010) involving rs11672433 and rs4076317; the cross-validation consistency of this model was 10 of 10, and the testing accuracy was 57.96%. Participants with the CT or TT of rs11672433 and CC of rs4076317 genotype have the lowest atherosclerotic IS risk, compared to subjects with CC of rs11672433 and the CC of rs4076317 genotype, OR (95%CI) was 0.06(0.02–0.22), after covariates adjustment for gender, age, smoking and alcohol status, hypertension, Diabetes mellitus, TG, TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, Uric acid. CONCLUSIONS: We found that rs11672433 was associated with decreased atherosclerotic IS risk; we also found that gene–gene interaction between rs11672433 and rs4076317 was associated with decreased atherosclerotic IS risk.