Table 3

SNPs associated with ALI/ARDS in Stage II

SNPGeneMinor alleleHuman 610-quad*MAF
Case/Ctrl
OR† (95% CI)p†
SNPs associated with extrapulmonary injury-related ARDS in Stage I and tested for validation in Stage II using a trauma-related ALI population (Population I, Harborview trauma cohort)
SNPs replicated in Stage II
 rs324420‡FAAHATyped0.23/0.161.59 (1.10 to 2.31)0.0131 (0.0007)
SNPs not replicated in Stage II
 rs198977KLK2TTyped0.38/0.221.23 (0.89 to 1.70)0.2019
 rs9645765VWFGImputed0.08/0.080.98 (0.60 to 1.61)0.942
 rs2889490SFRS16GImputed0.48/0.491.03 (0.77 to 1.37)0.8319
 rs3128126ISG15GImputed0.33/0.360.77 (0.52 to 1.16)0.2112
 rs16980496ADRBK2AImputed0.07/0.091.05 (0.60 to 1.86)0.8509
 rs2070887VWFGTyped0.08/0.081.14 (0.69 to 1.88)0.5928
 rs10490072BCL11ACImputed0.24/0.231.09 (0.78 to 1.52)0.6125
SNPs associated with pulmonary injury-related ARDS in Stage I and tested for validation in Stage II using a pneumonia/pulmonary sepsis-related ARDS population (Population II, MGH/ARDS net)
SNPs replicated in Stage II
 rs1190286‡POPDC3CImputed0.14/0.200.65 (0.46 to 0.90)0.0094 (0.0007)
SNPs not replicated in Stage II
 rs7807769PRKAG2AImputed0.42/0.391.08 (0.85 to 1.38)0.5082
 rs7801616PRKAG2TTyped0.42/0.401.08 (0.85 to 1.37)0.5195
 rs9960450TNFRSF11ACTyped0.05/0.031.64 (0.91 to 3.00)0.1009
 rs2254358HSPG2CImputed0.33/0.310.98 (0.75 to 1.28)0.8977
 rs732821HTR2AAImputed0.46/0.470.99 (0.78 to 1.25)0.9171
 rs6970522PRKAG2GTyped0.47/0.441.07 (0.84 to 1.35)0.5847
 rs3887893ABCC1GTyped0.39/0.361.23 (0.97 to 1.58)0.0912
 rs17069902TNFRSF11ATTyped0.06/0.041.51 (0.91 to 2.50)0.1098
 rs2671222IL8RAAImputed0.06/0.070.96 (0.59 to 1.58)0.8890
 rs12080701PDE4BGImputed0.09/0.091.27 (0.81 to 1.98)0.2204
 rs8112223HAS1ATyped0.40/0.351.06 (0.82 to 1.35)0.6609
 rs6451620GHRATyped0.05/0.040.98 (0.54 to 1.77)0.9416
 rs17419964PDE4BGImputed0.25/0.271.24 (0.94 to 1.62)0.12
 rs802440GRM3TImputed0.32/0.310.96 (0.75 to 1.25)0.7879
 rs4075731MAP3K6AImputed0.37/0.410.93 (0.73 to 1.18)0.547
 rs2854386IL8RACImputed0.06/0.070.96 (0.59 to 1.58)0.8806
  • SNPs associated with extrapulmonary and pulmonary injury-related ARDS in Stage I (p≤0.0005) were tested for validation in Stage II using two different populations with indirect (Population I) and direct (Population II) lung injury as risk factor for ALI/ARDS. Both populations were genotyped with the Human 610-quad platform.

  • In Stage II, SNPs rs324420 and rs1190286 demonstrated a reproducible association with increased risk of ALI from indirect insult (trauma) and decreased risk of ARDS from pulmonary injury (pneumonia/pulmonary sepsis), respectively, and those associations were robust after adjusting for clinical variables (p=0.0131 and p=0.0094, respectively).

  • *Indicates whether the SNP was directly genotyped by the Human 610-quad. For those ITMAT-Broad_CARe, SNPs not directly genotyped on the genome-wide array, imputation was performed.

  • †OR and p values were adjusted for clinical covariates (age, ISS and APACHE II score in Population I and age, gender and top six principal components in Population II).

  • ‡Only rs324420 in Population I, and rs1190286 in Population II met these thresholds (unadjusted p values displayed in italics).

  • The threshold of significance in Stage II was established in p≤0.006 (0.05/8 SNPs) and p≤0.003 (0.05/17 SNPs) for SNPs previously associated with ARDS from indirect and direct insults, respectively.

  • ALI, acute lung injury; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; Case/Ctrl, Case/Control; LD, linkage disequilibrium; MAF, minor allele frequency; MGH, Massachusetts General Hospital; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism.