Effect of the APOE Polymorphism and Age Trajectories of Physiological Variables on Mortality: Application of Genetic Stochastic Process Model of Aging

We evaluated effects of the APOE polymorphism (carriers versus noncarriers of the e4 allele) and age trajectories of total cholesterol (CH) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) on mortality risk in the Framingham Heart Study (original cohort). We found that long-lived carriers and noncarriers have dif...

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Main Authors: Konstantin G. Arbeev, Svetlana V. Ukraintseva, Alexander M. Kulminski, Igor Akushevich, Liubov S. Arbeeva, Irina V. Culminskaya, Deqing Wu, Anatoliy I. Yashin
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Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.6064/2012/568628
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author Konstantin G. Arbeev
Svetlana V. Ukraintseva
Alexander M. Kulminski
Igor Akushevich
Liubov S. Arbeeva
Irina V. Culminskaya
Deqing Wu
Anatoliy I. Yashin
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Svetlana V. Ukraintseva
Alexander M. Kulminski
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description We evaluated effects of the APOE polymorphism (carriers versus noncarriers of the e4 allele) and age trajectories of total cholesterol (CH) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) on mortality risk in the Framingham Heart Study (original cohort). We found that long-lived carriers and noncarriers have different average age trajectories and long-lived individuals have consistently higher levels and less steep declines at old ages compared to short-lived individuals. We applied the stochastic process model of aging aimed at joint analyses of genetic and nongenetic subsamples of longitudinal data and estimated different aging-related characteristics for carriers and noncarriers which otherwise cannot be evaluated from data. We found that such characteristics differ in carriers and noncarriers: (1) carriers have better adaptive capacity than noncarriers in case of CH, whereas for DBP the opposite situation is observed; (2) mean allostatic trajectories are higher in carriers and they differ from “optimal” trajectories minimizing mortality risk; (3) noncarriers have lower baseline mortality rates at younger ages but they increase faster than those for carriers resulting in intersection at the oldest ages. Such observations strongly indicate the presence of a genetic component in respective aging-related mechanisms. Such differences may contribute to patterns of allele- and sex-specific mortality rates.
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spelling doaj-art-9ee2fa1f85a9420d8f91d5f580937ff02025-08-20T02:18:32ZengWileyScientifica2090-908X2012-01-01201210.6064/2012/568628568628Effect of the APOE Polymorphism and Age Trajectories of Physiological Variables on Mortality: Application of Genetic Stochastic Process Model of AgingKonstantin G. Arbeev0Svetlana V. Ukraintseva1Alexander M. Kulminski2Igor Akushevich3Liubov S. Arbeeva4Irina V. Culminskaya5Deqing Wu6Anatoliy I. Yashin7Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USACenter for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USACenter for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USACenter for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USACenter for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USACenter for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USACenter for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USACenter for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USAWe evaluated effects of the APOE polymorphism (carriers versus noncarriers of the e4 allele) and age trajectories of total cholesterol (CH) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) on mortality risk in the Framingham Heart Study (original cohort). We found that long-lived carriers and noncarriers have different average age trajectories and long-lived individuals have consistently higher levels and less steep declines at old ages compared to short-lived individuals. We applied the stochastic process model of aging aimed at joint analyses of genetic and nongenetic subsamples of longitudinal data and estimated different aging-related characteristics for carriers and noncarriers which otherwise cannot be evaluated from data. We found that such characteristics differ in carriers and noncarriers: (1) carriers have better adaptive capacity than noncarriers in case of CH, whereas for DBP the opposite situation is observed; (2) mean allostatic trajectories are higher in carriers and they differ from “optimal” trajectories minimizing mortality risk; (3) noncarriers have lower baseline mortality rates at younger ages but they increase faster than those for carriers resulting in intersection at the oldest ages. Such observations strongly indicate the presence of a genetic component in respective aging-related mechanisms. Such differences may contribute to patterns of allele- and sex-specific mortality rates.http://dx.doi.org/10.6064/2012/568628
spellingShingle Konstantin G. Arbeev
Svetlana V. Ukraintseva
Alexander M. Kulminski
Igor Akushevich
Liubov S. Arbeeva
Irina V. Culminskaya
Deqing Wu
Anatoliy I. Yashin
Effect of the APOE Polymorphism and Age Trajectories of Physiological Variables on Mortality: Application of Genetic Stochastic Process Model of Aging
Scientifica
title Effect of the APOE Polymorphism and Age Trajectories of Physiological Variables on Mortality: Application of Genetic Stochastic Process Model of Aging
title_full Effect of the APOE Polymorphism and Age Trajectories of Physiological Variables on Mortality: Application of Genetic Stochastic Process Model of Aging
title_fullStr Effect of the APOE Polymorphism and Age Trajectories of Physiological Variables on Mortality: Application of Genetic Stochastic Process Model of Aging
title_full_unstemmed Effect of the APOE Polymorphism and Age Trajectories of Physiological Variables on Mortality: Application of Genetic Stochastic Process Model of Aging
title_short Effect of the APOE Polymorphism and Age Trajectories of Physiological Variables on Mortality: Application of Genetic Stochastic Process Model of Aging
title_sort effect of the apoe polymorphism and age trajectories of physiological variables on mortality application of genetic stochastic process model of aging
url http://dx.doi.org/10.6064/2012/568628
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