Association of smoking but not HLA-DRB1*15:01, APOE or body mass index with brain atrophy in early multiple sclerosis.

Graetz, Christiane; Gröger, Adriane; Luessi, Felix; Salmen, Anke; Zöller, Daniela; Schultz, Janine; Siller, Nelly; Fleischer, Vinzenz; Bellenberg, Barbara; Berthele, Achim; Biberacher, Viola; Havla, Joachim; Hecker, Michael; Hohlfeld, Reinhard; Infante-Duarte, Carmen; Kirschke, Jan S; Kümpfel, Tania; Linker, Ralf; Paul, Friedemann; Pfeuffer, Steffen; ... (2019). Association of smoking but not HLA-DRB1*15:01, APOE or body mass index with brain atrophy in early multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis journal, 25(5), pp. 661-668. Sage 10.1177/1352458518763541

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BACKGROUND

The course of multiple sclerosis (MS) shows substantial inter-individual variability. The underlying determinants of disease severity likely involve genetic and environmental factors.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of APOE and HLA polymorphisms as well as smoking and body mass index (BMI) in the very early MS course.

METHODS

Untreated patients ( n = 263) with a recent diagnosis of relapsing-remitting (RR) MS or clinically isolated syndrome underwent standardized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Genotyping was performed for single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs3135388 tagging the HLA-DRB1*15:01 haplotype and rs7412 (Ɛ2) and rs429358 (Ɛ4) in APOE. Linear regression analyses were applied based on the three SNPs, smoking and BMI as exposures and MRI surrogate markers for disease severity as outcomes.

RESULTS

Current smoking was associated with reduced gray matter fraction, lower brain parenchymal fraction and increased cerebrospinal fluid fraction in comparison to non-smoking, whereas no effect was observed on white matter fraction. BMI and the SNPs in HLA and APOE were not associated with structural MRI parameters.

CONCLUSIONS

Smoking may have an unfavorable effect on the gray matter fraction as a potential measure of MS severity already in early MS. These findings may impact patients' counseling upon initial diagnosis of MS.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology

UniBE Contributor:

Salmen, Anke

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1352-4585

Publisher:

Sage

Language:

English

Submitter:

Stefanie Hetzenecker

Date Deposited:

23 Apr 2018 09:52

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:12

Publisher DOI:

10.1177/1352458518763541

PubMed ID:

29532745

Uncontrolled Keywords:

MRI Neurodegeneration SNP brain atrophy genetics gray matter risk factor smoking

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/113426

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