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ABCB1 (MDR1) gene polymorphisms are associated with neuropsychiatric <strong>adverse</strong> <strong>effects</strong> of mefloquine<br />

the SNPs were calculated, we decided on the genetic model (recessive, dominant or doseeffect)<br />

based on the results. Multivariate analysis was performed using a binary logistic regression<br />

model. Logistic regression analysis was chosen because time played no role in this<br />

study. Confounders were defined as covariates associated with neuropsychiatric <strong>effects</strong> at a<br />

p-value of 0.1 and changing the point estimate by 10% or more. Mefloquine concentration was<br />

tested as an intermediate by including it in<strong>to</strong> the model as a covariate. In a second step, we<br />

identified effect modification by age, gender, BMI and previous mefloquine use by introducing<br />

interaction terms and stratified on these fac<strong>to</strong>rs when statistically significant. Because the cohort<br />

size is limited and the outcome is frequent, in contrast <strong>to</strong> traditional case-control studies,<br />

ORs cannot be interpreted as relative risks.<br />

Linear regression analysis was used <strong>to</strong> study the associations of the changes in scores on<br />

the neuropsychiatric tests and mefloquine concentrations with the genotypes, haplotypes and<br />

covariates. Time since last mefloquine dose was included in the model. Testing of confounders<br />

was similar <strong>to</strong> that for the logistic regression model. A trend test for an allele dose-effect<br />

relation of the SNP variants was obtained with the number of variant alleles entered as an<br />

ordered categorical variable.<br />

Haplotypes were constructed using the program PHASE version 2.0. 17, 18 Linkage disequilibrium<br />

was computed using the Haploview software version 3.11. 19<br />

Results<br />

Of the 151 subjects available, 4 89 subjects (48 males and 41 females) with a mean age of 40<br />

years, had blood samples available. The other 62 subjects refused <strong>to</strong> give a blood sample. All<br />

subjects included in the final cohort were white persons of European origin. General characteristics<br />

of the study population are presented in Table 1. Women had a significantly lower BMI<br />

compared with men (p= 0.02). Of all subjects, 37% had previously used mefloquine (Table 1).<br />

The concomitant use of <strong>drug</strong>s was higher in women than in men but this difference was mainly<br />

explained by 9 women who only used an oral contraceptive. One subject used a known P-gp<br />

inducer (acitretin, a synthetic retinoic acid analog) and one used a known P-gp inhibi<strong>to</strong>r (a<strong>to</strong>rvastatin).<br />

The prevalence of comorbidity was low (n=13) and included, among others, skin<br />

problems (n=2) and hypertension and other cardiovascular disease (n=5). The time interval<br />

since administration of the last mefloquine dose <strong>to</strong> follow-up ranged from 0 days (i.e., same<br />

day) <strong>to</strong> 7 days (i.e., just before fourth dose), with a median of 2 days.<br />

Prevalence of SNPs. Frequencies of all three SNPs were consistent with other studies in<br />

Caucasian populations. For the C1236T the frequencies were CC 29.8%, CT 50.0% and<br />

TT 20.2%, for the G2677T they were GG 31.8%, GT 51.1%, TT 17.0% and for the C3435T<br />

polymorphism CC 22.6%, CT 51.2%, TT 26.2%. 7, 20, 21 Genotyping failed in 5 subjects(5.6%), 1<br />

subject (1.1%) and 5 subjects (5.6%) respectively. All SNPs were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium<br />

with p= 0.8 for C3435T, p= 0.7 for G2677T and p= 0.9 for C1236T. The C1236T, G2677T<br />

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