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Association between parental history of diabetes and type 2 diabetes genetic risk scores in the PPP-Botnia and Framingham Offspring Studies

Vassy, Jason L. ; Shrader, Peter ; Jonsson, Anna LU ; Fox, Caroline S. ; Lyssenko, Valeriya LU ; Isomaa, Bo ; Groop, Leif LU ; Meigs, James B. and Franks, Paul LU (2011) In Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 93(2). p.76-79
Abstract
Objective: Parental history of diabetes and specific gene variants are risk factors for type 2 diabetes, but the extent to which these factors are associated is unknown. Methods: We examined the association between parental history of diabetes and a type 2 diabetes genetic risk score (GRS) in two cohort studies from Finland (population-based PPP-Botnia study) and the US (family-based Framingham Offspring Study). Results: Mean (95% CI) GRS increased from 16.8 (16.8-16.9) to 16.9 (16.8-17.1) to 17.1 (16.8-17.4) among PPP-Botnia participants with 0, 1, and 2 parents with diabetes, respectively (p(trend) = 0.03). The trend was similar among Framingham Offspring but was not statistically significant (p = 0.07). The meta-analyzed p value for... (More)
Objective: Parental history of diabetes and specific gene variants are risk factors for type 2 diabetes, but the extent to which these factors are associated is unknown. Methods: We examined the association between parental history of diabetes and a type 2 diabetes genetic risk score (GRS) in two cohort studies from Finland (population-based PPP-Botnia study) and the US (family-based Framingham Offspring Study). Results: Mean (95% CI) GRS increased from 16.8 (16.8-16.9) to 16.9 (16.8-17.1) to 17.1 (16.8-17.4) among PPP-Botnia participants with 0, 1, and 2 parents with diabetes, respectively (p(trend) = 0.03). The trend was similar among Framingham Offspring but was not statistically significant (p = 0.07). The meta-analyzed p value for trend from the two studies was 0.005. Conclusions: The very modest associations reported above suggest that the increased risk of diabetes in offspring of parents with diabetes is largely the result of shared environmental/lifestyle factors and/or hitherto unknown genetic factors. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. (Less)
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Genetic risk score, Family history
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Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
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93
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2
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76 - 79
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:80051556037
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1872-8227
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10.1016/j.diabres.2011.04.013
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English
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  author       = {{Vassy, Jason L. and Shrader, Peter and Jonsson, Anna and Fox, Caroline S. and Lyssenko, Valeriya and Isomaa, Bo and Groop, Leif and Meigs, James B. and Franks, Paul}},
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  series       = {{Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice}},
  title        = {{Association between parental history of diabetes and type 2 diabetes genetic risk scores in the PPP-Botnia and Framingham Offspring Studies}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2011.04.013}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.diabres.2011.04.013}},
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