Age- and sex-specific causal effects of adiposity on cardiovascular risk factors

Observational studies have reported different effects of adiposity on cardiovascular risk factors across age and sex. Since cardiovascular risk factors are enriched in obese individuals, it has not been easy to dissect the effects of adiposity from those of other risk factors. We used a Mendelian ra...

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Veröffentlicht in:Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2015-05, Vol.64 (5), p.1841-1852
Hauptverfasser: Fall, Tove, Hägg, Sara, Ploner, Alexander, Mägi, Reedik, Fischer, Krista, Draisma, Harmen H M, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Benyamin, Beben, Ladenvall, Claes, Åkerlund, Mikael, Kals, Mart, Esko, Tõnu, Nelson, Christopher P, Kaakinen, Marika, Huikari, Ville, Mangino, Massimo, Meirhaeghe, Aline, Kristiansson, Kati, Nuotio, Marja-Liisa, Kobl, Michael, Grallert, Harald, Dehghan, Abbas, Kuningas, Maris, de Vries, Paul S, de Bruijn, Renée F A G, Willems, Sara M, Heikkilä, Kauko, Silventoinen, Karri, Pietiläinen, Kirsi H, Legry, Vanessa, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Goumidi, Louisa, Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Strauch, Konstantin, Koenig, Wolfgang, Lichtner, Peter, Herder, Christian, Palotie, Aarno, Menni, Cristina, Uitterlinden, André G, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Havulinna, Aki S, Moreno, Luis A, Gonzalez-Gross, Marcela, Evans, Alun, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Yarnell, John W G, Virtamo, Jarmo, Ferrières, Jean, Veronesi, Giovanni, Perola, Markus, Arveiler, Dominique, Brambilla, Paolo, Lind, Lars, Kaprio, Jaakko, Hofman, Albert, Stricker, Bruno H, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Ikram, M Arfan, Franco, Oscar H, Cottel, Dominique, Dallongeville, Jean, Hall, Alistair S, Jula, Antti, Tobin, Martin D, Penninx, Brenda W, Peters, Annette, Gieger, Christian, Samani, Nilesh J, Montgomery, Grant W, Whitfield, John B, Martin, Nicholas G, Groop, Leif, Spector, Tim D, Magnusson, Patrik K, Amouyel, Philippe, Boomsma, Dorret I, Nilsson, Peter M, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Metspalu, Andres, Strachan, David P, Salomaa, Veikko, Ripatti, Samuli, Pedersen, Nancy L, Prokopenko, Inga, McCarthy, Mark I, Ingelsson, Erik
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Zusammenfassung:Observational studies have reported different effects of adiposity on cardiovascular risk factors across age and sex. Since cardiovascular risk factors are enriched in obese individuals, it has not been easy to dissect the effects of adiposity from those of other risk factors. We used a Mendelian randomization approach, applying a set of 32 genetic markers to estimate the causal effect of adiposity on blood pressure, glycemic indices, circulating lipid levels, and markers of inflammation and liver disease in up to 67,553 individuals. All analyses were stratified by age (cutoff 55 years of age) and sex. The genetic score was associated with BMI in both nonstratified analysis (P = 2.8 × 10(-107)) and stratified analyses (all P < 3.3 × 10(-30)). We found evidence of a causal effect of adiposity on blood pressure, fasting levels of insulin, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides in a nonstratified analysis and in the
ISSN:0012-1797
1939-327X
1939-327X
DOI:10.2337/db14-0988