The morbidity of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the Uygur population of Xinjiang was much higher than the national average. Clopidogrel is the most commonly used medication worldwide in dual antiplatelet therapy for CAD, and the response of clopidogrel is affected by
CYP2C19
,
PON1
, and
ABCB1
genetic polymorphisms. The distribution of
CYP2C19∗17
,
ABCB1
, and
PON1
genetic polymorphisms in Han and Uygur populations with CAD of Xinjiang has not been investigated.
This study aimed to investigate the frequencies of
CYP2C19
,
PON1
, and
ABCB1
genetic polymorphisms, and to identify the metabolizer phenotype of
CYP2C19
in Han and Uygur populations with CAD in Northwestern Xinjiang, China. We identified 602 Han and 527 Uygur patients from 2014 through 2019 and studied genotypes for selected allele polymorphisms using sequencing by hybridization.
There were significantly different allele frequencies and genotype frequencies between the 2 ethnic groups in terms of
CYP2C19∗2, ∗3, ∗17
,
ABCB1
and
PON1
, (
P
< .05). For
CYP2C19∗17
, the frequency of
TT
genotype was 2.5% in Uygur patients, but it was undetectable in Han patients. In both the intermediate and poor metabolizer groups, the genotypes polymorphisms
CYP2C19∗2, ∗3, ∗17
were significantly less common in Uygur patients than in Han patients (
P
< .001). By contrast, the proportion of ultra-metabolizers as defined by
CYP2C19∗2, ∗3, ∗17
polymorphisms significantly higher in Uygur patients (18.6%) than in Han patients (1.7%,
P
< .001). The
CYP2C19∗2
frequency was significantly different between Han patients and Han healthy groups (
P
< .001), while the
CYP2C19∗3
frequency was significantly different between Uygur patients and Uygur healthy groups (
P
< .001).
Our study supports the notion of interethnic differences in terms of
CYP2C19
,
PON1
, and
ABCB1
polymorphisms and
CYP2C19
genotype-defined clopidogrel metabolic groups. These finding could provide valuable data and insights into personalized CAD treatment for the Uygur and Han populations in Xinjiang.