Genetically Predicted Body Mass Index and Mortality in COPD

RATIONALE: BMI is associated with COPD mortality, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. The effect of genetic variants aggregated into a polygenic score may elucidate causal mechanisms and predict risk.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the associations of genetically predicted BMI with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in COPD.

METHODS: We developed a polygenic score for BMI (PGSBMI) and tested for associations of the PGSBMI with all-cause, respiratory, and cardiovascular mortality in participants with COPD from the COPDGene, ECLIPSE, and Framingham Heart studies. We calculated the difference between measured BMI and PGS-predicted BMI (BMIdiff) and categorized participants into groups of discordantly low (BMIdiff < 20th percentile), concordant (BMIdiff between 20th - 80th percentile), and discordantly high (BMIdiff > 80th percentile) BMI. We applied Cox models, examined potential non-linear associations of the PGSBMI and BMIdiff with mortality, and summarized results with meta-analysis.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: We observed significant non-linear associations of measured BMI and BMIdiff, but not PGSBMI, with all-cause mortality. In meta-analyses, a one standard deviation increase in the PGSBMI was associated with an increased hazard for cardiovascular mortality (HR=1.29, 95% CI=1.12-1.49), but not with respiratory or all-cause mortality. Compared to participants with concordant measured and genetically predicted BMI, those with discordantly low BMI had higher mortality risk for all-cause (HR=1.57, CI=1.41-1.74) and respiratory death (HR=2.01, CI=1.61-2.51).

CONCLUSIONS: In people with COPD, higher genetically predicted BMI is associated with higher cardiovascular mortality but not respiratory mortality. Individuals with discordantly low BMI have higher all-cause and respiratory mortality compared to those with concordant BMI.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - (2024) vom: 12. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Jingzhou [VerfasserIn]
Moll, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Hobbs, Brian D [VerfasserIn]
Bakke, Per [VerfasserIn]
Regan, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Hanfei [VerfasserIn]
Dupuis, Josée [VerfasserIn]
Chiles, Joe W [VerfasserIn]
McDonald, Merry-Lynn N [VerfasserIn]
Divo, Miguel J [VerfasserIn]
Silverman, Edwin K [VerfasserIn]
Celli, Bartolome R [VerfasserIn]
O'Connor, George T [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Michael H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BMI
COPD
Cardiovascular mortality
Journal Article
Respiratory mortality
Weight loss

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Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1164/rccm.202308-1384OC

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369607414