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Birthweight, BMI in adulthood and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults: a Mendelian randomisation study
- Source :
- Diabetologia. 65(9)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Aims/hypothesis Observational studies have found an increased risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) associated with low birthweight and adult overweight/obese status. We aimed to investigate whether these associations are causal, using a two-sample Mendelian randomisation (MR) design. In addition, we compared results for LADA and type 2 diabetes. Methods We identified 43 SNPs acting through the fetal genome as instrumental variables (IVs) for own birthweight from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the Early Growth Genetics Consortium (EGG) and the UK Biobank. We identified 820 SNPs as IVs for adult BMI from a GWAS of the UK Biobank and the Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits consortium (GIANT). Summary statistics for the associations between IVs and LADA were extracted from the only GWAS involving 2634 cases and 5947 population controls. We used the inverse-variance weighted (IVW) estimator as our primary analysis, supplemented by a series of sensitivity analyses. Results Genetically determined own birthweight was inversely associated with LADA (OR per SD [~500 g] decrease in birthweight 1.68 [95% CI 1.01, 2.82]). In contrast, genetically predicted BMI in adulthood was positively associated with LADA (OR per SD [~4.8 kg/m2] increase in BMI 1.40 [95% CI 1.14, 1.71]). Robust results were obtained in a range of sensitivity analyses using other MR estimators or excluding some IVs. With respect to type 2 diabetes, the association with birthweight was not stronger than in LADA while the association with adult BMI was stronger than in LADA. Conclusions/ interpretation This study provides genetic support for a causal link between low birthweight, adult overweight/obese status and LADA. Graphical abstract
- Subjects :
- RISK
Adult
Epidemiology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
ASSOCIATION
INSTRUMENTS
Mendelian Randomization Analysis
Overweight
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
LADA
DISEASE
Body Mass Index
BODY-MASS INDEX
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine
Genetics
Internal Medicine
Birth Weight
Humans
Obesity
Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults
Human
Weight regulation and obesity
Genome-Wide Association Study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14320428
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Diabetologia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9fd03ca91509a8d7f406b404aa53b71f