Table 1.

Characteristics and impact of CHIP among individuals without symptomatic cardiovascular disease

Cohort nameRecruitment periodGeographical regionNo. of participantsAge (mean or median), yEthnicity, race, or ancestry (%)Female, %Participants with CHIP (VAF of ≥2% unless otherwise specified)Most common CHIP loci (% distribution)Follow-up duration (y) from genome sequencingImpact of CHIP (VAF of ≥2% unless otherwise specified)
Coronary artery disease Ischemic stroke Peripheral arterial diseaseVTE 
UKB20,40-43  2006-2010 United Kingdom 454 803 (arterial)
425 399 (venous) 
Eligibility: 40-69
Overall: 56 (mean) 
European: 95
African: 2
South Asian: 2
Other: 0.9 
54 21 137 (4.6%) DNMT3A: 68.5
TET2: 19.5
ASXL1: 9.0
PPM1D: 3.0
TP53: 1.9 
13.5 HR, 1.0; 95% CI, 1.0-1.1; P = .12§ 
VAF ≥10%: HR, 1.1; 95% CI, 1.0-1.2; P = .004
TET2 CHIP: HR, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.1-1.5 
HR, 1.1; 95% CI, 0.8-1.4||  HR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.1-2.3,
VAF ≥10%: HR, 2.1; 95% CI, 1.4-3.3  
VTE overall:
HR 1.2; 95% CI, 1.0-1.3; P = .01
VAF ≥10%: HR 1.2; 95% CI, 1.1-1.4
PE:
HR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.1-1.3
VAF ≥10%: HR, 1.2; 95% CI, 1.1-1.4; P = .002
TET2 CHIP: HR, 1.4; 95% CI, 1.2-1.7 
Women’s Health Initiative40  1993-1998 United States 9 683 Eligibility: 50-79
Overall: 68.9 
White: 82.5
Black: 12.3
Other: 5.2 
100 904 (9.3%) DNMT3A: 59.1
TET2: 23.5
ASXL1: 7.1
JAK2: 4.3
TP53: 1.8 
10.8 NR Any ischemic stroke: HR, 1.2 (P = .03)
Small vessel: HR, 1.6 (P = .001)
Large artery: HR, 1.1 (P = .62)
Cardioembolic: HR, 1.05 (P = .68) 
NR NR 
BioImage39  2008-2009 United States 370 Eligibility: 55-80
Overall: 70 (median) 
European: 100 38.3 44 (11.9%) DNMT3A: 31.8
TET2: 15.9
ASXL1: 13.6 
2.6 HR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.1-2.9 NR NR NR 
Malmo Diet and Cancer39  1991-1996 Malmö, Sweden 640 Overall: 60 (median) NR 39.0 33 (5.1%) DNMT3A: 45.5
TET2: 18.2
ASXL1: 18.2 
17.7 HR, 2.0; 95% CI, 1.2-3.1 NR NR NR 
China-PAR44  1998-2008 China 6 181 Overall: 53.8 Chinese: 100 49.9 658 (10.6%) DNMT3A: 50.0
TET2: 28.0 
12.2 VAF 2%-10%: HR, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.1-1.9
VAF ≥10%: HR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.1-3.1 
NR NR NR 
GESUS45  January 2010-October 2013 Naestved, Denmark 19 958 Eligibility: ≥30 and 25% of 20-30 NR Overall: NR
JAK2 V617F CHIP carriers: 46 
92 (0.5%) with JAK2 V617F ≥1% and no MPN JAK2 V617F: 100
Allele burden ≥1%: 12.
Allele burden ≥10%: 5 
NR VAF ≥1%: OR, 0.7; 95% CI, 0.2-2.4 VAF ≥1%: OR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.14-2.4 NR VAF ≥1%: OR, 2.8; 95% CI, 1.1-7.0 
Cohort nameRecruitment periodGeographical regionNo. of participantsAge (mean or median), yEthnicity, race, or ancestry (%)Female, %Participants with CHIP (VAF of ≥2% unless otherwise specified)Most common CHIP loci (% distribution)Follow-up duration (y) from genome sequencingImpact of CHIP (VAF of ≥2% unless otherwise specified)
Coronary artery disease Ischemic stroke Peripheral arterial diseaseVTE 
UKB20,40-43  2006-2010 United Kingdom 454 803 (arterial)
425 399 (venous) 
Eligibility: 40-69
Overall: 56 (mean) 
European: 95
African: 2
South Asian: 2
Other: 0.9 
54 21 137 (4.6%) DNMT3A: 68.5
TET2: 19.5
ASXL1: 9.0
PPM1D: 3.0
TP53: 1.9 
13.5 HR, 1.0; 95% CI, 1.0-1.1; P = .12§ 
VAF ≥10%: HR, 1.1; 95% CI, 1.0-1.2; P = .004
TET2 CHIP: HR, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.1-1.5 
HR, 1.1; 95% CI, 0.8-1.4||  HR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.1-2.3,
VAF ≥10%: HR, 2.1; 95% CI, 1.4-3.3  
VTE overall:
HR 1.2; 95% CI, 1.0-1.3; P = .01
VAF ≥10%: HR 1.2; 95% CI, 1.1-1.4
PE:
HR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.1-1.3
VAF ≥10%: HR, 1.2; 95% CI, 1.1-1.4; P = .002
TET2 CHIP: HR, 1.4; 95% CI, 1.2-1.7 
Women’s Health Initiative40  1993-1998 United States 9 683 Eligibility: 50-79
Overall: 68.9 
White: 82.5
Black: 12.3
Other: 5.2 
100 904 (9.3%) DNMT3A: 59.1
TET2: 23.5
ASXL1: 7.1
JAK2: 4.3
TP53: 1.8 
10.8 NR Any ischemic stroke: HR, 1.2 (P = .03)
Small vessel: HR, 1.6 (P = .001)
Large artery: HR, 1.1 (P = .62)
Cardioembolic: HR, 1.05 (P = .68) 
NR NR 
BioImage39  2008-2009 United States 370 Eligibility: 55-80
Overall: 70 (median) 
European: 100 38.3 44 (11.9%) DNMT3A: 31.8
TET2: 15.9
ASXL1: 13.6 
2.6 HR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.1-2.9 NR NR NR 
Malmo Diet and Cancer39  1991-1996 Malmö, Sweden 640 Overall: 60 (median) NR 39.0 33 (5.1%) DNMT3A: 45.5
TET2: 18.2
ASXL1: 18.2 
17.7 HR, 2.0; 95% CI, 1.2-3.1 NR NR NR 
China-PAR44  1998-2008 China 6 181 Overall: 53.8 Chinese: 100 49.9 658 (10.6%) DNMT3A: 50.0
TET2: 28.0 
12.2 VAF 2%-10%: HR, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.1-1.9
VAF ≥10%: HR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.1-3.1 
NR NR NR 
GESUS45  January 2010-October 2013 Naestved, Denmark 19 958 Eligibility: ≥30 and 25% of 20-30 NR Overall: NR
JAK2 V617F CHIP carriers: 46 
92 (0.5%) with JAK2 V617F ≥1% and no MPN JAK2 V617F: 100
Allele burden ≥1%: 12.
Allele burden ≥10%: 5 
NR VAF ≥1%: OR, 0.7; 95% CI, 0.2-2.4 VAF ≥1%: OR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.14-2.4 NR VAF ≥1%: OR, 2.8; 95% CI, 1.1-7.0 

MPN, myeloproliferative neoplasm; NR, not reported.

Adjusted for age, sex, lipid profile, smoking, body mass index, hypertension, and diabetes (or glycemic control) at minimum.

Adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, diabetes, hypertension, and principal components of genetic ancestry at minimum.

Adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, or principal components of genetic ancestry, smoking, and body mass index at minimum.

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Both 95% CIs and P values are reported in situations in which upper or lower bound of CI involves 1.0.

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Earlier UKB release of whole-exome sequencing on 45 186 participants.

Earlier UKB release of whole-exome sequencing on 37 657 participants, adjusted for age, age2, sex, smoking status, Townsend deprivation index, principal components of genetic ancestry, body mass index, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes.

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