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Clinical Trial
. 2015 Aug 15;24(16):4728-38.
doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv186. Epub 2015 May 20.

Gene × dietary pattern interactions in obesity: analysis of up to 68 317 adults of European ancestry

Jennifer A Nettleton  1 Jack L Follis  2 Julius S Ngwa  3 Caren E Smith  4 Shafqat Ahmad  5 Toshiko Tanaka  6 Mary K Wojczynski  7 Trudy Voortman  8 Rozenn N Lemaitre  9 Kati Kristiansson  10 Marja-Liisa Nuotio  11 Denise K Houston  12 Mia-Maria Perälä  13 Qibin Qi  14 Emily Sonestedt  15 Ani Manichaikul  16 Stavroula Kanoni  17 Andrea Ganna  18 Vera Mikkilä  19 Kari E North  20 David S Siscovick  21 Kennet Harald  22 Nicola M Mckeown  4 Ingegerd Johansson  23 Harri Rissanen  22 Yongmei Liu  24 Jari Lahti  25 Frank B Hu  26 Stefania Bandinelli  27 Gull Rukh  15 Stephen Rich  28 Lisanne Booij  29 Maria Dmitriou  30 Erika Ax  31 Olli Raitakari  32 Kenneth Mukamal  33 Satu Männistö  13 Göran Hallmans  34 Antti Jula  22 Ulrika Ericson  15 David R Jacobs Jr  35 Frank J A Van Rooij  8 Panos Deloukas  36 Per Sjögren  31 Mika Kähönen  37 Luc Djousse  38 Markus Perola  39 Inês Barroso  40 Albert Hofman  8 Kathleen Stirrups  17 Jorma Viikari  41 André G Uitterlinden  29 Ioanna P Kalafati  30 Oscar H Franco  8 Dariush Mozaffarian  42 Veikko Salomaa  22 Ingrid B Borecki  7 Paul Knekt  22 Stephen B Kritchevsky  12 Johan G Eriksson  43 George V Dedoussis  30 Lu Qi  26 Luigi Ferrucci  6 Marju Orho-Melander  15 M Carola Zillikens  29 Erik Ingelsson  44 Terho Lehtimäki  45 Frida Renström  46 L Adrienne Cupples  3 Ruth J F Loos  47 Paul W Franks  48
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Gene × dietary pattern interactions in obesity: analysis of up to 68 317 adults of European ancestry

Jennifer A Nettleton et al. Hum Mol Genet. .

Abstract

Obesity is highly heritable. Genetic variants showing robust associations with obesity traits have been identified through genome-wide association studies. We investigated whether a composite score representing healthy diet modifies associations of these variants with obesity traits. Totally, 32 body mass index (BMI)- and 14 waist-hip ratio (WHR)-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms were genotyped, and genetic risk scores (GRS) were calculated in 18 cohorts of European ancestry (n = 68 317). Diet score was calculated based on self-reported intakes of whole grains, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds (favorable) and red/processed meats, sweets, sugar-sweetened beverages and fried potatoes (unfavorable). Multivariable adjusted, linear regression within each cohort followed by inverse variance-weighted, fixed-effects meta-analysis was used to characterize: (a) associations of each GRS with BMI and BMI-adjusted WHR and (b) diet score modification of genetic associations with BMI and BMI-adjusted WHR. Nominally significant interactions (P = 0.006-0.04) were observed between the diet score and WHR-GRS (but not BMI-GRS), two WHR loci (GRB14 rs10195252; LYPLAL1 rs4846567) and two BMI loci (LRRN6C rs10968576; MTIF3 rs4771122), for the respective BMI-adjusted WHR or BMI outcomes. Although the magnitudes of these select interactions were small, our data indicated that associations between genetic predisposition and obesity traits were stronger with a healthier diet. Our findings generate interesting hypotheses; however, experimental and functional studies are needed to determine their clinical relevance.

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