Comprehensive analysis of LAMC1 genetic variants in advanced pelvic organ prolapse

OBJECTIVE: We sought to comprehensively evaluate the association of laminin gamma-1 (LAMC1) and advance pelvic organ prolapse. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a candidate gene association of patients (n = 239) with stages III-IV prolapse and controls (n = 197) with stages 0-1 prolapse. We used a linkage disequilibrium (LD)-tagged approach to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in LAMC1 and focused on non-Hispanic white women to minimize population stratification. Additive and dominant multivariable logistic regression models were used to test for association between individual SNPs and advanced prolapse. RESULTS: Fourteen SNPs representing 99% coverage of LAMC1 were genotyped. There was no association between SNP rs10911193 and advanced prolapse (P = .34). However, there was a trend toward significance for SNPs rs1413390 (P = .11), rs20563 (P = .11), and rs20558 (P = .12). CONCLUSION: Although we found that the previously reported LAMC1 SNP rs10911193 was not associated with nonfamilial prolapse, our results support further investigation of this candidate gene in the pathophysiology of prolapse.