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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Front. Cardiovasc. Med.</journal-id>
<journal-title>Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Front. Cardiovasc. Med.</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="epub">2297-055X</issn>
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<publisher-name>Frontiers Media S.A.</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3389/fcvm.2022.946289</article-id>
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<subject>Cardiovascular Medicine</subject>
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<subject>Systematic Review</subject>
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<article-title>Effect of 9p21.3 (lncRNA and CDKN2A/2B) variant on lipid profile</article-title>
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<name><surname>Wei</surname> <given-names>Baozhu</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="c001"><sup>&#x002A;</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="fn002"><sup>&#x2020;</sup></xref>
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<name><surname>Liu</surname> <given-names>Yang</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>3</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="fn002"><sup>&#x2020;</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Li</surname> <given-names>Hang</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"><sup>4</sup></xref>
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<name><surname>Peng</surname> <given-names>Yuanyuan</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
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<name><surname>Luo</surname> <given-names>Zhi</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="c002"><sup>&#x002A;</sup></xref>
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<aff id="aff1"><sup>1</sup><institution>Department of Cardiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University</institution>, <addr-line>Wuhan</addr-line>, <country>China</country></aff>
<aff id="aff2"><sup>2</sup><institution>Institute of Myocardial Injury and Repair, Wuhan University</institution>, <addr-line>Wuhan</addr-line>, <country>China</country></aff>
<aff id="aff3"><sup>3</sup><institution>Department of Endocrinology, China Resources and WISCO General Hospital</institution>, <addr-line>Wuhan</addr-line>, <country>China</country></aff>
<aff id="aff4"><sup>4</sup><institution>Department of Gerontology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University</institution>, <addr-line>Wuhan</addr-line>, <country>China</country></aff>
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<fn fn-type="edited-by"><p>Edited by: Prashanth N. Suravajhala, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, India</p></fn>
<fn fn-type="edited-by"><p>Reviewed by: Aldo Grefhorst, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands; Robert N. Helsley, University of Kentucky, United States; Corina Rosales, Houston Methodist Research Institute, United States</p></fn>
<corresp id="c001">&#x002A;Correspondence: Baozhu Wei, <email>wbz9810@163.com</email></corresp>
<corresp id="c002">Zhi Luo, <email>2020103030002@whu.edu.cn</email></corresp>
<fn fn-type="equal" id="fn002"><p><sup>&#x2020;</sup>These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorship</p></fn>
<fn fn-type="other" id="fn004"><p>This article was submitted to Lipids in Cardiovascular Disease, a section of the journal Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine</p></fn>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>07</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<year>2022</year>
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<volume>9</volume>
<elocation-id>946289</elocation-id>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>17</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<date date-type="accepted">
<day>16</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 2022 Wei, Liu, Li, Peng and Luo.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2022</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Wei, Liu, Li, Peng and Luo</copyright-holder>
<license xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.</p></license>
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<abstract>
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<title>Background</title>
<p>Several 9p21.3 variants, such as rs1333049, rs4977574, rs10757274, rs10757278, and rs10811661, identified from recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are reported to be associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) susceptibility but independent of dyslipidemia. This study investigated whether these 9p21.3 variants influenced lipid profiles.</p>
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<sec>
<title>Methods and results</title>
<p>By searching the PubMed and Cochrane databases, 101,099 individuals were included in the analysis. The consistent finding for the rs1333049 C allele on lipid profiles increased the triglyceride (TG) levels. Moreover, the rs4977574 G allele and the rs10757274 G allele, respectively, increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels. However, the rs10811661 C allele largely reduced LDL-C levels. Subgroup analyses indicated that the effects of the rs1333049 C allele, rs4977574 G allele, and rs10757274 G allele on lipid profiles were stronger in Whites compared with Asians. In contrast, the effect of the rs10811661 C allele on lipid profiles was stronger in Asians compared with Whites.</p>
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<sec>
<title>Conclusion</title>
<p>The rs1333049 C allele, rs4977574 G allele, and rs10757274 G allele of lncRNA, and the rs10811661 G allele of CDKN2A/2B had a significant influence on lipid levels, which may help the understanding of the underlying mechanisms between 9p21.3 variants and CAD.</p>
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</abstract>
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<kwd>lncRNA</kwd>
<kwd>CDKN2A/2B</kwd>
<kwd>variant</kwd>
<kwd>dyslipidemia</kwd>
<kwd>coronary artery disease</kwd>
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<sec id="S1" sec-type="intro">
<title>Introduction</title>
<p>The variant (mutation) of the 9p21.3 allele is prevalent in the general population at a rate of 50% (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref>). One copy of the 9p21.3 allele increases the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) by 25%, whereas two copies augment the risk by 50% (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref>).</p>
<p>The 9p21.3 allele contains a long non-coding RNA (also known as lncRNA, ANRIL, or CDKN2BAS) and two protein-encoding genes (CDKN2A and CDKN2B). rs1333049, a genetic variant in lncRNA, is formed by a nucleotide substitution from guanine (G) to cytosine (C). In addition, rs4977574, rs10757274, and rs10757278, genetic variants in lncRNA, are formed by a nucleotide substitution from adenine (A) to guanine (G). Moreover, rs10811661, a genetic variant in CDKN2A/2B, is formed by a nucleotide substitution from thymine (T) to cytosine (C).</p>
<p>A series of basic studies tested the effects of gene expression levels of lncRNA and CDKN2A/2B on lipid profiles, but the results were inconsistent. For instance, the knockdown of lncRNA inhibits lipid uptake and accumulation and promotes macrophage reverse cholesterol transport (mRCT) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref>), while the overexpression of lncRNA significantly increases intracellular lipid accumulation in macrophage-derived foam cells (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref>). In contrast, the knockdown of CDKN2B induced C/EBP&#x03B1; expression and lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 cells (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref>). However, knockout of the 9p21 risk locus (chr4&#x0394;70kb/&#x0394;70kb, ApoE&#x2013;/&#x2013; on 129 background) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref>) or CDKN2A (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref>) did not affect lipid levels in deficient mice. Similarly, a large body of clinical trials have detected the effects of these five variants on lipid profiles, but the results are controversial. For instance, the C allele of rs1333049 increased triglyceride (TG) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref>), total cholesterol (TC) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref>), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref>) and lowered high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref>). In contrast, the G allele of rs4977574 increased TC (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref>) and lowered the HDL-C levels (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref>), the G allele of rs10757274 increased the HDL-C levels (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">12</xref>), the G allele of rs10757278 increased the TC (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref>) and LDL-C levels (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref>), and the C allele of rs10811661 decreased the TG (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">14</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">16</xref>), TC (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">14</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref>), and LDL-C (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref>) levels and increased the HDL-C levels (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">16</xref>). Notably, an observational study conducted by Ahmed et al. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">17</xref>) indicated that the C allele of rs1333049 remodeled lipid metabolism, therefore influencing myocardial infarction risk. Moreover, a set of elegant lipidomics studies (NPHSII, Northwick Park Heart Study II) conducted by Meckelmann et al. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">18</xref>) indicated that the G allele of rs10757274 remodeled CAD risk by modulating lipid metabolism. However, the results obtained from other clinical trials did not favor these findings (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">19</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">23</xref>). Hence, a meta-analysis is needed to clarify whether these variants affected lipid profiles to resolve these discrepancies.</p>
<p>It has been well documented that rs1333049 C allele (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>), rs4977574 G allele (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">24</xref>), rs10757274 G allele (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref>), rs10757278 G allele (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref>), and rs10811661 T allele (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">25</xref>) increased the risk of CAD by 30&#x2013;40% in Whites (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">25</xref>) and East Asians (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">24</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">25</xref>). Since dyslipidemia is one of the most important risk factors for CAD and accounts for at least 50% of the population-attributable risk (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">26</xref>), it is tempting to speculate that the increased CAD risk caused by these variants may stem from a remodeled lipid profile. Surprisingly, the increase in CAD risk attributed to these risk alleles was reported to be independent of dyslipidemia in four GWAS studies (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref>). Since dyslipidemia is closely related to the pathogenesis of CAD (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">26</xref>), these five variants indeed have the potential to affect lipid levels (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">18</xref>). It is reasonable to speculate that these five variants may affect lipid profiles after enhancing statistical power. Therefore, we conducted this meta-analysis in a large sample size (101,099 individuals) to identify whether these five variants remodeled lipid metabolism and to increase our understanding of the underlying mechanisms between 9p21.3 variants and CAD.</p>
<p>Due to diverse constraints, most independent or single clinical trials are imperfect or flawed. For instance, the sample size is too small, the gender is not balanced, the coverage of the age group is too narrow, or it is impossible to obtain richer and more accurate experimental results due to the limitations of the examining technology or experimental condition (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B27">27</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B29">29</xref>). Since these constraints are inevitable and usually result in severe deviations or heterogeneity, a common truth may be masked by these independent clinical trials (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B27">27</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B29">29</xref>). Therefore, we attempted to utilize the light of evidence-based medicine by a meta-analysis to examine the differences and to identify the sources of heterogeneity across these independent studies to reveal a common truth (whether variants of rs1333049, rs4977574, rs10757274, rs10757278, and rs10811661 in 9p21.3 are statistically impacted or with a trend to influence lipid levels). Moreover, the specific reason to select these five variants rather than other variants loci in 9p21.3, such as LINC-PINT (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B30">30</xref>), LINC00599 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B30">30</xref>), or rs1537373 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B31">31</xref>), is due to only these five variants with sufficient data to execute meta-analysis.</p>
<p>In the past few decades, circulating TG levels have been widely reported to be associated with the occurrence, progress, and prognosis of CAD. For instance, a meta-analysis of the Asia-Pacific region indicated that TG was an independent predictor of CAD (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B32">32</xref>). This is consistent with the findings of a Chinese multi-provincial cohort study (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B33">33</xref>). Moreover, another meta-analysis of 29 prospective studies (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B34">34</xref>) indicated that TG was moderately or highly associated with CAD risk. Intriguingly, it was verified by the Copenhagen City Heart Study (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B35">35</xref>), whereby increased TG levels were associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, and death. Notably, the Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention trial (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">36</xref>) further revealed that increased TG levels were independently associated with increased mortality in patients with CAD, indicating that circulating TG was a critical risk factor for CAD and hypertriglyceridemia should not be ignored in CAD intervention.</p>
<p>Here, we systematically analyzed the effects of the rs1333049 C allele, rs4977574 G allele, rs10757274 G allele, rs10757278 G allele, and rs10811661 C allele in 9p21.3 on lipid profiles in 101,099 individuals by a meta-analysis.</p>
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<sec id="S2" sec-type="materials|methods">
<title>Materials and methods</title>
<p>The present meta-analysis follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">37</xref>).</p>
<sec id="S2.SS1">
<title>Literature search</title>
<p>A comprehensive search of the literature was executed from January 5, 2021 to February 15, 2022, by using the PubMed and Cochrane databases. The following keywords were used in the search: (&#x201C;long non-coding RNA,&#x201D; &#x201C;lncRNA,&#x201D; &#x201C;ANRIL,&#x201D; &#x201C;CDKN2BAS,&#x201D; &#x201C;CDKN2A/2B,&#x201D; &#x201C;9p21.3,&#x201D; &#x201C;rs1333049,&#x201D; &#x201C;rs4977574,&#x201D; &#x201C;rs10757274,&#x201D; &#x201C;rs10757278,&#x201D; or &#x201C;rs10811661&#x201D;), (&#x201C;mutation,&#x201D; &#x201C;variation,&#x201D; &#x201C;mutant,&#x201D; &#x201C;variant,&#x201D; or &#x201C;polymorphism&#x201D;), and (&#x201C;lipids,&#x201D; &#x201C;lipid metabolism,&#x201D; &#x201C;lipoprotein,&#x201D; &#x201C;cholesterol,&#x201D; &#x201C;circulating lipids,&#x201D; &#x201C;blood lipids,&#x201D; &#x201C;plasma lipids,&#x201D; &#x201C;serum lipids,&#x201D; or &#x201C;lipid profile&#x201D;).</p>
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<sec id="S2.SS2">
<title>Inclusion and exclusion criteria</title>
<p>The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) Articles that detected the effect of the rs1333049 C allele, rs4977574 G allele, rs10757274 G allele, rs10757278 G allele, or rs10811661 C allele on lipid profiles; (2) articles that provided at least one of the four parameters in lipid profiles [TG, total cholesterol (TC), LDL-C, and HDL-C]; (3) articles that provided genotype frequencies of variants of rs1333049, rs4977574, rs10757274, rs10757278, and rs1081166; (4) articles that offered mean lipid levels with standard deviation (SD) or standard errors (SE) by the genotypes; (5) the interventional studies that provided pre-intervention data; and (6) the language of eligible studies restricted to English and Chinese. The exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) articles not related to rs1333049, rs4977574, rs10757274, rs10757278, and rs10811661; (2) articles in which human subjects used lipid-lowering drugs; (3) articles that did not present genotype counts; (4) studies that provided invalid data; (5) pedigree articles; (6) overlapping articles; and (7) abstract, review, case report, meta-analysis, and animal articles.</p>
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<sec id="S2.SS3">
<title>Subgroup analysis</title>
<p>Subgroup analysis was conducted on ethnicity/race and disease status. Ethnicity/race includes White, Asian, and other ethnicities. Disease status includes CAD, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and healthy subjects. In some studies, the subjects were divided into more than one subpopulation (e.g., the subjects originated from a different gender or a different race). Each subpopulation was regarded as an independent comparison in this study.</p>
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<sec id="S2.SS4">
<title>Other items</title>
<p>Since data extraction and analysis, heterogeneity processing, sensitivity analysis, the risk bias test, and the publication bias test were adopted from previous methods, to avoid redundant descriptions, previous publication by Liu et al. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B38">38</xref>) provides more details. Moreover, a study conducted by Phani et al. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">23</xref>) only offered raw lipid data by the genotypes of rs10811661 in their <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary material</xref>. Therefore, we downloaded and analyzed those raw data by performing a one-way ANOVA (the Kruskal&#x2013;Wallis test) in SPSS software (version 23.0, Inc., Chicago, IL, United States).</p>
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</sec>
<sec id="S3" sec-type="results">
<title>Results</title>
<sec id="S3.SS1">
<title>Study selection</title>
<p>By searching the PubMed and Cochrane databases, 4,307 articles were identified. After the screening, 4,131 articles were excluded by their title and abstract. Next, 55 articles were further estimated by their contents, of which 5 articles provided lipid data by the genotypes of rs1333049 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">39</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B40">40</xref>), rs4977574 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B41">41</xref>), rs10757274 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B42">42</xref>), and rs10811661 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B43">43</xref>) but expressed as a median and interquartile range (IQR), 3 articles provided lipid data by the genotypes of rs1333049 but human subjects used lipid-lowering drugs (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B44">44</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B46">46</xref>), 2 articles provided the percentage change of lipid data by the genotypes of rs1333049 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B47">47</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B48">48</xref>), 1 article did not present genotype counts of rs1333049 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">17</xref>), and 1 article (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B49">49</xref>) provided lipid levels by the genotypes of rs1333049 but in an aberrant genetic model [(CG + GG) vs. CC]. Therefore, 12 articles were further excluded. Finally, 43 articles involving a total of 101,099 individuals were included in the present study (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1</xref>). Of the 43 articles, 15 articles (22,513 individuals), 9 articles (31,762 individuals), 7 articles (36,636 individuals), 6 articles (5,156 individuals), and 8 articles (6,028 individuals) were identified for the effects of rs1333049 C allele, rs4977574 G allele, rs10757274 G allele, rs10757278 G allele, and rs10811661 C allele on lipid profiles, respectively.</p>
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<label>FIGURE 1</label>
<caption><p>A flow diagram of the study&#x2019;s selection process.</p></caption>
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<p>Characteristics of the included studies are presented in <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 1</xref>. Circulating lipid levels by the genotypes rs1333049, rs4977574, rs10757274, rs10757278, and rs10811661 are presented in <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Tables 2</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">6</xref>, respectively.</p>
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<sec id="S3.SS2">
<title>Effect of rs1333049 C allele on lipid profile</title>
<p>All the results stated below were statistically analyzed from the included studies that eliminated heterogeneity (please see &#x201C;recalculated results that eliminated heterogeneity&#x201D; in <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Tables 7</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">11</xref> for more details). The consistent finding for the effects of the rs1333049 C allele on lipid metabolism (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 7</xref> and <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Figure 1</xref>) was a slight increase in TG levels (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>). The subgroup analysis indicated that the effect of the rs1333049 C allele on TG levels was observed in Whites (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 7</xref>), indicating that Whites with the rs1333049 C allele had an increased risk of CAD. Intriguingly, this speculation was supported by the present analysis results, whereby the C allele of rs1333049 significantly increased the TG levels in patients with CAD (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 7</xref>). Meanwhile, the C allele of rs1333049 showed a statistical influence on the TC levels in patients with CAD (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 7</xref>).</p>
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<label>FIGURE 2</label>
<caption><p>A forest plot of lncRNA rs1333049 variant with circulating TG levels.</p></caption>
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<sec id="S3.SS3">
<title>Effect of rs4977574 G allele on lipid profile</title>
<p>The G allele of rs4977574 slightly increased the LDL-C (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">Figure 3</xref>) levels and lowered the TG levels (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Figure 2</xref>). Subgroup analyses indicated that the effects of the rs4977574 G allele on the LDL-C, HDL-C, and TG levels were noted in Whites and healthy subjects (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 8</xref>). This indicates that Caucasians and healthy subjects with the G allele of rs4977574 were at a high risk of CAD due to the increased LDL-C levels.</p>
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<label>FIGURE 3</label>
<caption><p>A forest plot of lncRNA rs4977574 variant with circulating LDL-C levels.</p></caption>
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<title>Effect of rs10757274 G allele on lipid profile</title>
<p>The G allele of rs10757274 slightly increased HDL-C (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F4">Figure 4</xref>) and lowered TG levels (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Figure 3</xref>). Subgroup analyses indicated that the effects of the rs10757274 G allele on the HDL-C and TG levels were noted in Whites and healthy subjects (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 9</xref>). This indicates that Whites and healthy subjects with the G allele of rs10757274 may have a reduced CAD risk.</p>
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<label>FIGURE 4</label>
<caption><p>A forest plot of lncRNA rs10757274 variant with circulating HDL-C levels.</p></caption>
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<sec id="S3.SS5">
<title>Effect of rs10757278 G allele on lipid profile</title>
<p>The present study indicated that the G allele of rs10757278 did not statistically influence lipid levels (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Figure 4</xref> and <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 10</xref>).</p>
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<title>Effect of rs10811661 C allele on lipid profile</title>
<p>The C allele of rs10811661 significantly reduced the LDL-C (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5</xref>) and TC levels (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Figure 5</xref>). Subgroup analyses indicated that the significant effects of the rs10811661 C allele on the LDL-C and TC levels were observed in Asians and in patients with T2DM (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 11</xref>). This indicates that Asians and patients with T2DM with the C allele of rs10811661 were at low risk of CAD. Moreover, the C allele of rs10811661 significantly reduced the TG levels in Whites (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 11</xref>), indicating that Whites with the rs10811661 C allele may have a reduced risk of CAD.</p>
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<caption><p>A forest plot of lncRNA rs10811661 variant with circulating LDL-C levels.</p></caption>
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<title>Evaluation of heterogeneity</title>
<p>Significant heterogeneity was detected in the analysis of the effects of the rs1333049 C allele, the rs4977574 G allele, and the rs10811661 G allele on lipid profiles (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Tables 7</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">10</xref>). The SMD and 95% CIs of TC and HDL-C modulated by the rs1333049 C allele did not change substantially after eliminating heterogeneity (see <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 7</xref> for more details). However, the standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% <italic>CI</italic> of TG and LDL-C affected by the rs4977574 G allele and the rs10811661 C allele changed significantly after eliminating heterogeneity (as shown in <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Tables 8</xref>, <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">11</xref> for more details).</p>
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<title>Sensitivity analysis</title>
<p>Sensitivity analysis showed that one comparison [Shakhtshneider et al. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">19</xref>)] may affect the effect of the rs1333049 C allele on the LDL-C levels (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Figure 6</xref>), one comparison [Hindy et al. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B50">50</xref>)] may affect the effects of the rs4977574 G allele on the LDL-C and HDL-C levels (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Figure 7</xref>), and one comparison [Mehramiz et al. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">16</xref>)] may affect the effect of the rs10811661 C allele on the LDL-C levels (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Figure 8</xref>). However, the effects of the rs1333049 C allele, rs4977574 G allele, and rs10811661 C allele on lipid profiles did not change substantially after omitting these comparisons. This indicates that the synthetic results were robust.</p>
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<title>Risk bias test</title>
<p>While analyzing the effects of the rs1333049 C allele, rs4977574 G allele, rs10757274 G allele, and rs10811661 C allele on lipid profiles, some concerns were observed in the randomization process (10&#x2013;25%). However, the overall results showed a low risk of bias (75&#x2013;90%) among the included studies (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figure 6</xref>). Consequently, the studies included in the meta-analysis were of relatively high quality.</p>
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<caption><p>The risk bias plot of lncRNA variant with circulating lipid levels [<bold>(A)</bold> rs1333049 with TG; <bold>(B)</bold> rs4977574 with LDL-C; <bold>(C)</bold> rs10757274 with HDL-C; and <bold>(D)</bold> rs10811661 with LDL-C].</p></caption>
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<title>Publication bias test</title>
<p>In the present study, Begg&#x2019;s test did not find any publication bias. This was confirmed by Egger&#x2019;s regression test (as seen in <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Figures 9</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">13</xref> for more details).</p>
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<title>Discussion</title>
<p>In sharp contrast to previous GWAS studies (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref>), our study indicated that the rs1333049 C allele, rs4977574 G allele, rs10757274 G allele, and rs10811661 C allele were robustly associated with lipid profiles in 101,099 individuals. This may help the understanding of the underlying mechanisms between these 9p21.3 variants and CAD.</p>
<p>The precise mechanisms underlying the effect of these five 9p21.3 variants on lipid profiles have not been clarified yet. However, several putative regulatory pathways could be proposed to interpret its mechanisms. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>) By modulating the expression of CDKN2A/2B. CDKN2A/2B plays a crucial role in regulating reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref>) and in maintaining lipid metabolism homeostasis (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref>). However, the expression of CDKN2A/2B was largely determined by the C allele of rs1333049 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B51">51</xref>) and rs10811661 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">52</xref>) and the G allele of rs4977574 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B53">53</xref>), rs10757274 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B54">54</xref>) and rs10757278 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B55">55</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B56">56</xref>). Therefore, these five variants may indirectly influence the lipid levels by impacting CDKN2A/2B expression. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref>) By modulating the expression of lipid metabolism-related genes. lncRNA is a known regulator of multiple genes (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B57">57</xref>), which may remodel lipid metabolism by regulating lipid metabolism-related genes (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B58">58</xref>). Therefore, some genetic variants in 9p21.3, such as rs1333049 C allele (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B59">59</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B60">60</xref>), rs4977574 G allele (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B60">60</xref>), rs10757274 G allele (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B60">60</xref>), rs10757278 G allele (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B60">60</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B61">61</xref>), and rs10811661 C allele (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">52</xref>), may affect the lipid levels by influencing ANRIL expression. Intriguingly, this speculation was supported by a lipidomics study (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">18</xref>), in which the G allele of rs10757274 remodeled the lipid metabolism by altering the expression of lysophospholipids (LysoPLs), lysophosphatidic acid (LysoPA), and autotaxin (ATX). Notably, other lipid metabolism-related genes, such as, low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B62">62</xref>), very low density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B63">63</xref>), ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B64">64</xref>), apolipoprotein C2 (APOC2) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B65">65</xref>), apolipoprotein A-I (APOA1) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B66">66</xref>), and HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B67">67</xref>) may also be regulated by these variants.</p>
<p>In the present study, the C allele of rs1333049 showed a statistical influence on TG and TC levels in patients with CAD (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 7</xref>), indicating the significant association between the rs1333049 C allele and increased CAD risk (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>) was mediated, at least partly, by increased TG and TC levels. However, the G allele of rs4977574 simultaneously increased the LDL-C (harmful) levels and lowered the TG (beneficial) levels (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 8</xref>), indicating that the rs4977574 G allele had an ambiguous influence on lipid profiles. When combined with a previous GWAS study (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">24</xref>), whereby the G allele of rs4977574 largely increased the risk of CAD, the increased levels of LDL-C at least partly mediated the correlation between the rs4977574 G allele and increased CAD risk.</p>
<p>The G allele of rs10757274 was identified as a risk allele for CAD in the McPherson et al. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref>) study. Since the rs10757274 G allele may interact with cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, the presence of hypertension, the presence of diabetes, and a family history of CAD to modulate CAD risk (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B68">68</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B69">69</xref>), and the G allele of rs10757274 slightly increased the HDL-C levels and reduced the TG levels in the present study (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 9</xref>). This indicates that the correlation between the rs10757274 G allele and increased CAD risk (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref>) was more likely mediated by other cardiovascular risk factors, such as cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, the presence of hypertension, the presence of diabetes, and a family history of CAD (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B68">68</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B69">69</xref>), but not ameliorated lipid metabolism (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 9</xref>). Intriguingly, this speculation was favored by a large-sale GWAS study conducted by Angelakopoulou et al. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B70">70</xref>), in which the G allele of rs10757274 significantly increased the risk of CAD but independent of dyslipidemia. More large-scale clinical trials are needed to verify this speculation.</p>
<p>However, we did not observe the effects of the rs10757278 G allele on lipid profiles (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 10</xref>). Since the G allele of rs10757278 may regulate the expression of CDKN2A/2B (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B55">55</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B56">56</xref>) and/or ANRIL (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B60">60</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B61">61</xref>) and was closely related to the onset of myocardial infarction (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref>), it was reasonable to speculate that the G allele of rs10757278 very likely impacted lipid metabolism. One plausible explanation that can be proposed to interpret this phenomenon is that the sample size included for rs10757278 lipid association analysis was relatively small (as seen in <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 10</xref> for more details), which largely reduced the statistical power; therefore, future large-scale clinical trials are needed to verify or correct our findings.</p>
<p>Strikingly, the C allele of rs10811661 substantially reduced the LDL-C and TC levels in Asians (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Table 11</xref>), indicating that the correlation between the rs10811661 C allele and reduced CAD risk in Asians (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">25</xref>) was mediated, at least partly, by decreased LDL-C and TC levels. According to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B71">71</xref>), European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society (ESC/EAS) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B72">72</xref>), and the adult treatment panel III (ATP III) cholesterol guidelines (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B73">73</xref>), LDL-C was considered the major cause of CAD and was treated as the primary target for therapy, while other lipids were used as the secondary or supplementary therapeutic targets. Since rs10811661 C allele largely reduced the LDL-C levels, the C allele of rs10811661 may be a potential marker for dyslipidemia and/or CAD.</p>
<p>According to the JDSC study (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B74">74</xref>), TG was considered a risk factor for CAD comparable with LDL-C (a 1-mmol/L increase in the baseline TG and LDL-C levels were associated with 63 and 64% higher risk of CAD, respectively). In the present study, the C allele of rs1333049, the G allele of rs4977574, and the G allele of rs10757274 consistently affected TG levels (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary Tables 7</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">9</xref>). This indicates the effects of the rs1333049 C allele, rs4977574 G allele, and rs10757274 G allele on lipid profiles predominantly in the TG levels. Since TG levels were closely related to the pathogenesis of CAD (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B30">30</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B34">34</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B71">71</xref>), these three alleles of the three variants may be a potential marker for CAD.</p>
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<title>Strengths and limitations</title>
<p>To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reliable evidence that demonstrates that the rs1333049 C allele, rs4977574 G allele, rs10757274 G allele, and rs10811661 C allele in 9p21.3 had a statistical influence on lipid profiles. Several strengths of the present study should be noted. For instance, the clinical lipid data of 101,099 individuals were included in the analysis, which increased the reliability of synthetic results due to high statistical power. Moreover, data analyses were performed after eliminating the studies with heterogeneity, which further advanced the preciseness of conclusions drawn in our study. Most importantly, our findings may help the understanding of the underlying mechanisms between variants of rs1333049, rs4977574, rs10757274, and rs10811661 in 9p21.3 and CAD. However, a large number of genes as well as some environmental factors are involved in dyslipidemia. Our study has not investigated the interaction of the 9p21.3 variant with other variant locus or environmental factors on lipid profiles due to the lack of original data from the included studies.</p>
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<title>Conclusion</title>
<p>The rs1333049 C allele, rs4977574 G allele, rs10757274 G allele of lncRNA and the rs10811661 G allele of CDKN2A/2B had a significant influence on lipid levels, which may help the understanding of the underlying mechanisms between 9p21.3 variants and CAD.</p>
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<title>Data availability statement</title>
<p>The original contributions presented in this study are included in the article/<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="DS1">Supplementary material</xref>, further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding authors.</p>
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<title>Author contributions</title>
<p>ZL, BW, and YL conceived and designed this study as well as drafted the manuscript. HL and YP carried out the searches and collected the data. ZL performed the statistical analyses. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript.</p>
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