Familial aggregation of insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk factors in hypertension

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2006 Nov;8(11):791-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2006.05761.x.

Abstract

The authors assessed the familial aggregation of cardiometabolic abnormalities (elevated homeostasis model assessment [HOMA], triglycerides [TG], and low-density lipoprotein [LDL] and reduced high-density lipoprotein [HDL]) among hypertensive siblings (N=287 from 138 families). Evidence for familial aggregation required sibling-pair concordance of outcome variables dichotomized according to predefined values (concordance for highest-quartile HOMA [>3.3], TG [>170 mg/dL], and LDL [>138 mg/dL] and lowest-quartile HOMA for HDL [<32 mg/dL]). Hypertensive individuals with insulin resistance (high-quartile HOMA) had higher TG and lower HDL and LDL levels compared with insulin-sensitive hypertensives. High-quartile HOMA, TG, and LDL aggregated in hypertensive families, and TG plus HOMA coaggregated. HDL did not show aggregation. In a multivariate logistic regression, the only significant predictor of an individual's HOMA status was a sibling's HOMA status in a model including age, sex, race, and body mass index (odds ratio=9.12; 95% confidence interval, 3.64-23.14; P<.001). Cardiometabolic variables demonstrate heritability in hypertensive families. Further exploration of common genetic susceptibility loci in hypertension involving these factors is warranted.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Cholesterol, HDL / blood
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / blood
  • Hypertension / genetics*
  • Insulin Resistance / genetics*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Triglycerides / blood

Substances

  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • Triglycerides