Causal associations of body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio with cardiometabolic traits among Chinese children : A Mendelian randomization study

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) have been reported to be causally associated with cardiometabolic diseases in adults in European populations. However, this causality was less explored in East Asian populations and in children. Our study aimed to explore and compare the causal associations of general obesity (measured by BMI) and central obesity (measured by WHR) with cardiometabolic traits.

METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis in 2030 unrelated children from two independent case-control studies in Beijing, China. BMI-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and WHR-SNPs identified by previous genome-wide association studies were used as genetic instruments to examine the casual associations of BMI and WHR with cardiometabolic traits, including glycemic traits, blood lipids, and blood pressure. Each 1-SD increase in BMI and WHR were significantly associated with 0.111 mmol/L and 0.110 mmol/L increase in log-transformed fasting insulin (FINS), 0.049 and 0.060 increase in log-transformed HOMA-β, 0.112 and 0.108 increase in log-transformed HOMA-IR, 0.009 mmol/L and 0.015 mmol/L increase in log-transformed triglyceride, and 15.527 mmHg and 7.277 mmHg increase in systolic blood pressure, respectively (all P < 0.05). The receiver operating characteristic curves showed that WHR had a stronger effect on FINS, HOMA-β, HOMA-IR, and triglyceride than BMI (all P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: Using the MR method, we found that the genetic predisposition to higher BMI or WHR was associated with altered cardiometabolic traits in Chinese children. When compared with general obesity, central obesity might have stronger effects on glycemic traits and blood lipids among children.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 30(2020), 9 vom: 28. Aug., Seite 1554-1563

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Song, Qiying [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Song, Jieyun [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Xiangrui [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chenxiong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Haijun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Blood Glucose
Body mass index
Cardiometabolic traits
Children
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Lipids
Mendelian randomization
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Waist-to-hip ratio

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Date Completed 09.11.2020

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.numecd.2020.05.008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312134924