Adult height, coronary heart disease and stroke: a multi-locus Mendelian randomization meta-analysis
Creators: name: Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh
name: Zabaneh, 
name: van Iperen, Erik P.A.
name: Hypponen, 
name: Steel, Laura
name: Wells, Jonathan C.
name: Dudbridge, Frank
name: Warren, 
name: Padmanabhan, Sandosh
name: Morris, Richard W.
name: Gaunt, Tom R.
name: Shah, 
name: Maitland-van der Zee, Anke H.
name: Kooperberg, Charles
name: Humphries, 
name: Hovingh, 
name: Power, 
name: Watkins, Hugh
name: Cavadino, 
name: Kleber, Marcus E.
name: Bolton, Jennifer L.
name: Kuh, 
name: Leusink, Maarten
name: Wareham, 
name: Amuzu, 
name: Wijmenga, 
name: Asselbergs, 
name: Wong, 
name: Plagnol, 
name: Finan, 
name: Caufield, 
name: März, Winfried
name: Whittaker, 
name: Richards, 
name: Nüesch, Eveline
name: Palmer, Tom M.
name: Hardy, 
name: Lawlor, Debbie A.
name: Casas, Juan P.
name: Davies, 
name: Smith, George Davey
name: Ong, 
name: Shah, 
name: Melander, Olle
name: Day, 
name: Hingorani, Aroon
name: Engmann, 
name: Kumari, 
name: Ben-Shlomo, Yoav
name: Van der Schouw, 
name: Nair, Nikhil
name: Robertson, Christine M.
name: Wannamethe, Goya S.
name: Verschuren, 
name: Farrall, Martin
name: Onland-Moret, 
name: Leon, David A.
name: Delgado, Graciela
name: Dominiczak, Anna F.
name: Drenos, 
name: Wilson, James F.
name: Holmes, Michael V.
name: Whincup, Peter H.
name: Goel, Anuj
name: Giambartolomei, 
name: Kivimaki, 
name: McLachlan, Stela
name: Sofat, 
name: Talmud, 
name: Cooper, 
name: Keating, Brendan J.
name: Dale, Caroline
name: Price, Jacqueline F.
name: Strachan, Mark W.J.
name: Ebrahim, Shah
name: Lange, Leslie A.
name: Reiner, Alexander P.
name: White, Jon
name: de Groot, Mark C.H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: BACKGROUND: We investigated causal effect of completed growth, measured by adult height, on coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and cardiovascular traits, using instrumental variable (IV) Mendelian randomization meta-analysis. METHODS: We developed an allele score based on 69 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with adult height, identified by the IBCCardioChip, and used it for IV analysis against cardiovascular risk factors and events in 21 studies and 60 028 participants. IV analysis on CHD was supplemented by summary data from 180 height-SNPs from the GIANT consortium and their corresponding CHD estimates derived from CARDIoGRAMplusC4D. RESULTS: IV estimates from IBCCardioChip and GIANT-CARDIoGRAMplusC4D showed that a 6.5-cm increase in height reduced the odds of CHD by 10% [odds ratios 0.90; 95% confidence intervals (CIs): 0.78 to 1.03 and 0.85 to 0.95, respectively],which agrees with the estimate from the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration (hazard ratio 0.93; 95% CI: 0.91 to 0.94). IV analysis revealed no association with stroke (odds ratio 0.97; 95% CI: 0.79 to 1.19). IV analysis showed that a 6.5-cm increase in height resulted in lower levels of body mass index (P < 0.001), triglycerides (P < 0.001), non high-density (non-HDL) cholesterol (P < 0.001), C-reactive protein (P = 0.042), and systolic blood pressure (P = 0.064) and higher levels of forced expiratory volume in 1 s and forced vital capacity (P < 0.001 for both). CONCLUSIONS: Taller individuals have a lower risk of CHD with potential explanations being that taller people have a better lung function and lower levels of body mass index, cholesterol and blood pressure.