2016年
A twin study of rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population
MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY
- 巻
- 26
- 号
- 5
- 開始ページ
- 685
- 終了ページ
- 689
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.3109/14397595.2015.1135856
- 出版者・発行元
- SPRINGER
Objectives: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common immune-related inflammatory arthritis affecting 0.5-1.0% of the population. Both genetic and environmental factors are associated with RA onset. Twin studies reported from European countries estimated heritability of RA as 53-65%. However, no twin studies have been reported from Asian countries.
Methods: We collected a total of 43 monozygotic and 43 dizygotic twins from 7550 patients with RA and obtained information of RA status in the twin pairs. We characterized RA patients whose twin siblings had RA. Variance components analysis was performed to estimate heritability in RA in the Japanese population.
Results: Four and one patients with RA over 43 monozygotic (9.3%) and 43 dizygotic twins (2.3%), respectively, had twin siblings with RA. All the patients whose information of seropositivity was available and whose twin siblings had RA were sero-positive. Heritability of RA was estimated as 62.2% and 56.1% in the AE and ACE models, respectively. The estimated heritability was comparable with those reported in the Europeans, compatible with previous overlap of RA susceptibility genes between Japanese and European populations.
Conclusions: Heritability of RA onset in the Japanese population is estimated to be comparable with that in European populations.
Methods: We collected a total of 43 monozygotic and 43 dizygotic twins from 7550 patients with RA and obtained information of RA status in the twin pairs. We characterized RA patients whose twin siblings had RA. Variance components analysis was performed to estimate heritability in RA in the Japanese population.
Results: Four and one patients with RA over 43 monozygotic (9.3%) and 43 dizygotic twins (2.3%), respectively, had twin siblings with RA. All the patients whose information of seropositivity was available and whose twin siblings had RA were sero-positive. Heritability of RA was estimated as 62.2% and 56.1% in the AE and ACE models, respectively. The estimated heritability was comparable with those reported in the Europeans, compatible with previous overlap of RA susceptibility genes between Japanese and European populations.
Conclusions: Heritability of RA onset in the Japanese population is estimated to be comparable with that in European populations.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.3109/14397595.2015.1135856
- ISSN : 1439-7595
- eISSN : 1439-7609
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000393120600011