Katsimpris Andreas, Baumeister Sebastian-Edgar, Baurecht Hansjörg, Tatham Andrew J, Nolde Michael
Department of Ophthalmology, Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh, UK.
Institute of Health Services Research in Dentistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Br J Ophthalmol. 2024 Dec 17;109(1):52-57. doi: 10.1136/bjo-2023-324996.
The association of central corneal thickness (CCT) with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) remains uncertain. Although several observational studies assessing this relationship have reported an inverse association between CCT and POAG, this could be the result of collider bias. In this study, we leveraged human genetic data to assess through Mendelian randomisation (MR) the effect of CCT on POAG risk and whether this effect is mediated by intraocular pressure (IOP) changes.
We used 24 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with CCT (p value<5×10) from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) (N=17 803) provided by the International Glaucoma Genetics Consortium and 53 SNPs associated with IOP (p value<5×10) from a GWAS of the UK Biobank (UKBB) (N=97 653). We related these instruments to POAG using a GWAS meta-analysis of 8283 POAG cases and 753 827 controls from UKBB and FinnGen.
MR analysis suggested a positive association between CCT and POAG (OR of POAG per 50 µm increase in CCT: 1.38; 95% CI: 1.18 to 1.61; p value<0.01). MR mediation analysis showed that 28.4% of the total effect of CCT on POAG risk was mediated through changes in IOP. The primary results were consistent with estimates of pleiotropy-robust MR methods.
Contrary to most observational studies, our results showed that a higher CCT is associated with an increased risk of POAG.
中央角膜厚度(CCT)与原发性开角型青光眼(POAG)之间的关联仍不明确。尽管多项评估这种关系的观察性研究报告称CCT与POAG之间存在负相关,但这可能是对撞偏倚的结果。在本研究中,我们利用人类遗传数据,通过孟德尔随机化(MR)来评估CCT对POAG风险的影响,以及这种影响是否由眼压(IOP)变化介导。
我们使用了来自国际青光眼遗传学联盟提供的全基因组关联研究(GWAS)(N = 17803)中与CCT相关的24个单核苷酸多态性(SNP)(p值<5×10),以及来自英国生物银行(UKBB)的GWAS(N = 97653)中与IOP相关的53个SNP(p值<5×10)。我们通过对来自UKBB和芬兰基因库的8283例POAG病例和753827例对照进行GWAS荟萃分析,将这些工具变量与POAG关联起来。
MR分析表明CCT与POAG之间存在正相关(CCT每增加50µm时POAG的比值比:1.38;95%可信区间:1.18至1.61;p值<0.01)。MR中介分析表明,CCT对POAG风险的总效应中有28.4%是通过IOP变化介导的。主要结果与多效性稳健MR方法的估计结果一致。
与大多数观察性研究相反,我们的结果表明,较高的CCT与POAG风险增加相关。