RT Journal Article T1 Association of Apolipoprotein E With Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risk by Race/Ethnicity: A Meta-analysis. A1 Marini, Sandro A1 Crawford, Katherine A1 Morotti, Andrea A1 Lee, Myung J A1 Pezzini, Alessandro A1 Moomaw, Charles J A1 Flaherty, Matthew L A1 Montaner, Joan A1 Roquer, Jaume A1 Jimenez-Conde, Jordi A1 Giralt-Steinhauer, Eva A1 Elosua, Roberto A1 Cuadrado-Godia, Elisa A1 Soriano-Tarraga, Carolina A1 Slowik, Agnieszka A1 Jagiella, Jeremiasz M A1 Pera, Joanna A1 Urbanik, Andrzej A1 Pichler, Alexander A1 Hansen, Björn M A1 McCauley, Jacob L A1 Tirschwell, David L A1 Selim, Magdy A1 Brown, Devin L A1 Silliman, Scott L A1 Worrall, Bradford B A1 Meschia, James F A1 Kidwell, Chelsea S A1 Testai, Fernando D A1 Kittner, Steven J A1 Schmidt, Helena A1 Enzinger, Christian A1 Deary, Ian J A1 Rannikmae, Kristiina A1 Samarasekera, Neshika A1 Al-Shahi Salman, Rustam A1 Sudlow, Catherine L A1 Klijn, Catharina J M A1 van Nieuwenhuizen, Koen M A1 Fernandez-Cadenas, Israel A1 Delgado, Pilar A1 Norrving, Bo A1 Lindgren, Arne A1 Goldstein, Joshua N A1 Viswanathan, Anand A1 Greenberg, Steven M A1 Falcone, Guido J A1 Biffi, Alessandro A1 Langefeld, Carl D A1 Woo, Daniel A1 Rosand, Jonathan A1 Anderson, Christopher D K1 Black or African American K1 Aged, 80 and over K1 Cerebral Hemorrhage K1 Genetic Predisposition to Disease K1 Hypertension K1 Middle Aged K1 White People AB Genetic studies of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) have focused mainly on white participants, but genetic risk may vary or could be concealed by differing nongenetic coexposures in nonwhite populations. Transethnic analysis of risk may clarify the role of genetics in ICH risk across populations. To evaluate associations between established differences in ICH risk by race/ethnicity and the variability in the risks of apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 alleles, the most potent genetic risk factor for ICH. This case-control study of primary ICH meta-analyzed the association of APOE allele status on ICH risk, applying a 2-stage clustering approach based on race/ethnicity and stratified by a contributing study. A propensity score analysis was used to model the association of APOE with the burden of hypertension across race/ethnic groups. Primary ICH cases and controls were collected from 3 hospital- and population-based studies in the United States and 8 in European sites in the International Stroke Genetic Consortium. Participants were enrolled from January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2017. Participants with secondary causes of ICH were excluded from enrollment. Controls were regionally matched within each participating study. Clinical variables were systematically obtained from structured interviews within each site. APOE genotype was centrally determined for all studies. In total, 13 124 participants (7153 [54.5%] male with a median [interquartile range] age of 66 [56-76] years) were included. In white participants, APOE ε2 (odds ratio [OR], 1.49; 95% CI, 1.24-1.80; P  APOE ε4 and ε2 alleles appear to affect lobar ICH risk variably by race/ethnicity, associations that are confirmed in white individuals but can be shown in Hispanic individuals only when the excess burden of hypertension is propensity score-matched; further studies are needed to explore the interactions between APOE alleles and environmental exposures that vary by race/ethnicity in representative populations at risk for ICH. YR 2019 FD 2019-02-06 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13524 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13524 LA en NO Marini S, Crawford K, Morotti A, Lee MJ, Pezzini A, Moomaw CJ, et al. Association of Apolipoprotein E With Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risk by Race/Ethnicity: A Meta-analysis. JAMA Neurol. 2019 Apr 1;76(4):480-491. DS RISalud RD Apr 20, 2025