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Common genetic variants are significant risk factors for early menopause: results from the Breakthrough Generations Study
Anna Murray1,*, Claire E. Bennett1, John R.B. Perry1, Michael N. Weedon1, ReproGen Consortium, Patricia A. Jacobs2, Danielle H. Morris3, Nicholas Orr4, Minouk J. Schoemaker3, Michael Jones3, Alan Ashworth4 and Anthony J. Swerdlow3
1Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, St Lukes, ExeterEX1 2LU, UK,
2Wessex Regional Genetics, Salisbury District Hospital, SalisburySP2 8BJ, UK,
3Section of Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, SurreySM2 5NG, UK and
4Breakthrough Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, LondonSW3 6JB, UK
Women become infertile approximately 10 years before menopause, and as more women delay childbirth into their 30s, the number of women who experience infertility is likely to increase. Tests that predict the timing of menopause would allow women to make informed reproductive decisions. Current predictors are only effective just prior to menopause, and there are no long-range indicators. Age at menopause and early menopause (EM) are highly heritable, suggesting a genetic aetiology. Recent genome-wide scans have identified four loci associated with variation in the age of normal menopause (40–60 years). We aimed to determine whether theses loci are also risk factors for EM. We tested the four menopause-associated genetic variants in a cohort of approximately 2000 women with menopause ≤45 years from the Breakthrough Generations Study (BGS). All four variants significantly increased the odds of having EM. Comparing the 4.5% of individuals with the lowest number of risk alleles (two or three) with the 3.0% with the highest number (eight risk alleles), the odds ratio was 4.1 (95% CI 2.4–7.1, P = 4.0 × 10?7). In combination, the four variants discriminated EM cases with a receiver operator characteristic area under the curve of 0.6. Four common genetic variants identified by genome-wide association studies, had a significant impact on the odds of having EM in an independent cohort from the BGS. The discriminative power is still limited, but as more variants are discovered they may be useful for predicting reproductive lifespan.
