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1 Principles of Genetic Epidemiology Kirsten Ohm Kyvik

2 Genetic epidemiology Genetic epidemiology deals with the etiology, distribution, and control of disease (epidemiology) in groups of relatives and with inherited causes of disease (genetics) in populations (adapted from Morton and Chung 1978)

3 Steps in genetic epidemiology Evidence for familial aggregation Is familial aggregation due to genes or environment? Specific genetic mechanisms  Taking advantage of designs involving  Families  Twins  Adoptees and their families

4 Fundamentals  Definition of phenotype  Classification of phenotype  Natural history of phenotype

5 Adaptation of concept of causation  Family status changes risk profile  Observations on family members not independent  Boundary between cohort and case-control studies is blurred

6 Multifactorial inheritance Monogenic Quantitativ Mød en forsker

7 TRESHOLDMODEL

8 Family studies

9 Design of familiestudies n Identify probands – ”ascertainment probability” n Information on phenotype in relatives (1.degree, 2. degree etc.) n Compare groups of relatives n Compare with background population

10 Familial aggregation = genetic aetiology? Against:  Effect of:

11 Groups of relatives Risk of siblings compared to risk in parent-offspring RR(sib) = RR(par) RR(sib) >> RR(par RR(sib) and RR(par) small, but bigger than population risk

12 Expected risk pattern

13 Parkinson’s disease in Iceland (Sveinbjørnsdottir et al. NEJM, 2000) RelativesRisk ratio (family vs population) p Sibling6.3<0.001 Children3.00.001 Nephew/niece2.4<0.001 Cousin2.40.1 Spouse1.90.16

14 Genetic epidemiology of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis The IHPS register Funen based Cases from 1950 to 2004 A total of 892 cases, 870 identified in CPR Questionnaire send to all cases Reply from 65%

15 Smoothed prevalence

16 Recurrence risk in relatives Recurrence risk % (95% Confidence Interval) GroupFemaleMaleAll Population0.11(0.06- 0.15) 0.43(0.40- 0.46) 0.27(0.24- 0.30) 1.degree 5.7(3.9-9.5)4.4(3.4-6.1)4.8(4.1-7.0) Parent 4.5(1.4-7.4)3.9(2.4-5.7)4.0(2.9-6.2) Offspring 4.5(0.14- 5.3) 4.5(0.10- 8.3) 4.5(0.24- 8.3) Siblings11.4(4.0- 17.5) 5.1(3.0- 10.8) 6.6(4.7-9.8) 2. degree Grandpa rents 0.76(-0.13- 1.5) 0.51(0.10- 1.1) 0.57(0.20- 1.0)

17 Twin studies

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19 Aims What is the risk/recurrence risk in twins Is a phenotype genetically determined Aetiological models Size of genetic variation / heritability Genes, markers, chromosomal regions Environmental determinants

20 DESIGNS n Classical twin study n Classical twin study with separated MZ twins n Twin family studies n Twin-control studies

21 Classical twin study MZ pairs: DZ pairs:

22 DESIGNS n Classical twin study n Classical twin study with separated MZ twins n Twin family studies n Twin-control studies

23 Is a phenotype genetically determined? Categorical data Continous data

24 Types of concordance Pairwise: Probability that both in a pair is affected: Casewise/probandwise: Probability that a twin is diseased given that the twin partner is diseased:

25 Probandwise concordance Estimate of the casewise probability by the proband method. 2C1 + C2 2C1 + C2 + D -----------------

26 Concordance C MZ = C DZ C MZ > C DZ C MZ <1.0 (100%)

27 Solutions to problems with age at diagnosis n Survival analysis Actuarial/Kaplan Meier methodology Frailty models Newer models n Others? Correction methods

28 Concordance type 1 diabetes ZygosityPairs Concordance (probands)Pairwise* Probandwise Cumulated (probands)Pairwise* Probandwise Cumulated ConcDisc ConcDisc MZ10(18)16 0.38 0.53 0.70 [0.20-0.59] [0.33-0.73] [0.45-0.95) [0.20-0.59] [0.33-0.73] [0.45-0.95) DZ4 (8)65 0.06 0.11 0.13 [0.02-0.14] [0.05-0.21] [0.04-0.21] [0.02-0.14] [0.05-0.21] [0.04-0.21] ( ) Number of probands; [ ] 95% confidence limits. * Chi 2 1d.f. = 10.93, p < 0.001

29 Cumulative concordance type 1 diabetes Interpretable as cumulative risk from birth % 0-100 Age 0-40 MZ 0.70 DZ 0.13

30 Correlations Twin-twin correlations r MZ = r DZ r MZ > r DZ r MZ < 1.0 (100%)

31 rMZ=0.64 (CI 0.56-0.70) rDZ=0.29 (CI 0.18-0.39) MZ n=284 pairsDZ n=285 pairs p<0.00005 INTRACLASS CORRELATIONS lnTSH (Pia Skov Hansen)

32 INTRACLASS CORRELATIONS lnTSH

33 Aetiological components  Additive genetic variance  Dominant genetic variance/epistasis  Common environmental variance  Unique environmental variance

34 Genotype Group ModelAAAaaa A is Dominant A is Recessive A is Co-Dominant Inheritance Models in Single Gene Trait

35 Population Mean Model-x 0+x A is Completely Dominant aa AA Aa A is Partially Dominant aa AaAA A is Not Dominant aaAaAA Inheritance Models in Quantitative Trait

36 Heritability  V (total) = V G + V E  V (total) = V A + V D + V I + V C + V E  h 2 narrow = V A /V A + V D + V I + V C + V E  h 2 broad = V A + V D + V I /V A + V D + V I + V C + V E

37 Heritability  Function of population, NOT a constant  Does not apply to individuals  Biased if mean and variance not the same in MZ and DZ  Greater MZ covariance will inflate h 2

38 Correlations and aetiological models r MZ < 1 r MZ = r DZ = 0 r MZ = r DZ > 0 r MZ = 2r DZ > 0 r MZ > 2r DZ r MZ < 2r DZ

39 Aetiological models and genetic variation  Variance analysis  Regression analysis  Structural equation modelling

40 Path model for twin analysis

41 Pleiotrophy

42 Unique Environmental effect 0.36 Genetic effect 0.64 The genetic effects account for 64% of the variation RESULTS TSH-LEVEL

43 BMIWaist Gluc12 0 Ins0SBPDBPHDLTG BMI 0.86 (0.01) -0.13 (0.06) 0.48 (0.04) 0.29 (0.04) 0.27 (0.04) -0.18 (0.05) 0.20 (0.06) Waist 0.85 (0.01) -0.16 (0.06) 0.51 (0.05) 0.30 (0.05) 0.26 (0.05) -0.19 (0.06) 0.26 (0.06) Gluc12 0 0.02 (0.03) 0.03 (0.03) 0.09 (0.08) 0.12 (0.07) 0.11 (0.07) -0.02 (0.08) 0.23 (0.08) Ins0 0.46 (0.02) 0.46 (0.02) 0.13 (0.03) 0.31 (0.06) 0.29 (0.06) -0.17 (0.07) 0.31 (0.07) SBP 0.28 (0.03) 0.26 (0.03) 0.14 (0.03) 0.23 (0.03) 0.71 (0.03) -0.09 (0.06) 0.28 (0.06) DBP 0.26 (0.03) 0.23 (0.03) 0.13 (0.03) 0.23 (0.03) 0.69 (0.02) -0.01 (0.06) 0.27 (0.06) HDL -0.17 (0.03) -0.19 (0.03) -0.04 (0.03) -0.14 (0.03) -0.01 (0.03) -0.03 (0.03) -0.24 (0.07) TG 0.22 (0.03) 0.27 (0.03) 0.20 (0.03) 0.35 (0.02) 0.20 (0.03) 0.20 (0.03) -0.22 (0.03) Multivariate ACE Model

44 Important assumptions Biology of twinning ”True” zygosity Equal environment assumption true or not true? Generalisability

45 Adoption studies

46 Adoption design Adoptees are expected to

47 Early death in adoptees Cause of deathParent dead < 50 yrsParent dead < 70 yrs Natural Bio Ado 1.98* 0.96 1.49 0.8 Infection Bio Ado 5.81* 0.73 5* 1 Vasculær Bio Ado 4.52* 3.02 1.92 1.5 Cancer Bio Ado 1.19 5.16* 0.87 1.49

48 Assumptions and problems  Early adoption  Non-familial adoption  Comparable environment in biological and adoptive family  Contact to biological family  Intra-uterine environment  Transcultural adoptions

49 Comparison of correlations Correlation Twin studies MZ DZ MZA 0.7 0.36 0.7 Family studies PO Sib 0.27 0.25 Adoption studies Bio Ado 0.17 0.1

50 Comparison heritability Heritability Twin studies MZA 50-90% 60-70% Family studies20-80% Adoption studies20-60%


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