Do Genetic Factors Modify the Relationship Between Obesity and Hypertriglyceridemia? : Findings From the GLACIER and the MDC Studies

Ali, Ashfaq; V Varga, Tibor; Stojkovic, Ivana; Schulz, Christina-Alexandra; Hallmans, Göran; Barroso, Inês; Poveda, Alaitz; Renström, Frida; Orho-Melander, Marju; Franks, Paul

Do Genetic Factors Modify the Relationship Between Obesity and Hypertriglyceridemia? : Findings From the GLACIER and the MDC Studies

Mark

Ali, Ashfaq ^LU

; V Varga, Tibor ^LU ; Stojkovic, Ivana ^LU ; Schulz, Christina-Alexandra ^LU ; Hallmans, Göran ; Barroso, Inês ; Poveda, Alaitz ^LU

; Renström, Frida ^LU ; Orho-Melander, Marju ^LU and Franks, Paul ^LU (2016) In Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics 9(2). p.162-171

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a major risk factor for dyslipidemia, but this relationship is highly variable. Recently published data from 2 Danish cohorts suggest that genetic factors may underlie some of this variability.

METHODS AND RESULTS: We tested whether established triglyceride-associated loci modify the relationship of body mass index (BMI) and triglyceride concentrations in 2 Swedish cohorts (the Gene-Lifestyle Interactions and Complex Traits Involved in Elevated Disease Risk [GLACIER Study; N=4312] and the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study [N=5352]). The genetic loci were amalgamated into a weighted genetic risk score (WGRSTG) by summing the triglyceride-elevating alleles (weighted by their established marginal effects) for all... (More)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a major risk factor for dyslipidemia, but this relationship is highly variable. Recently published data from 2 Danish cohorts suggest that genetic factors may underlie some of this variability.

METHODS AND RESULTS: We tested whether established triglyceride-associated loci modify the relationship of body mass index (BMI) and triglyceride concentrations in 2 Swedish cohorts (the Gene-Lifestyle Interactions and Complex Traits Involved in Elevated Disease Risk [GLACIER Study; N=4312] and the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study [N=5352]). The genetic loci were amalgamated into a weighted genetic risk score (WGRSTG) by summing the triglyceride-elevating alleles (weighted by their established marginal effects) for all loci. Both BMI and the WGRSTG were strongly associated with triglyceride concentrations in GLACIER, with each additional BMI unit (kg/m(2)) associated with 2.8% (P=8.4×10(-84)) higher triglyceride concentration and each additional WGRSTG unit with 2% (P=7.6×10(-48)) higher triglyceride concentration. Each unit of the WGRSTG was associated with 1.5% higher triglyceride concentrations in normal weight and 2.4% higher concentrations in overweight/obese participants (Pinteraction=0.056). Meta-analyses of results from the Swedish cohorts yielded a statistically significant WGRSTG×BMI interaction effect (Pinteraction=6.0×10(-4)), which was strengthened by including data from the Danish cohorts (Pinteraction=6.5×10(-7)). In the meta-analysis of the Swedish cohorts, nominal evidence of a 3-way interaction (WGRSTG×BMI×sex) was observed (Pinteraction=0.03), where the WGRSTG×BMI interaction was only statistically significant in females. Using protein-protein interaction network analyses, we identified molecular interactions and pathways elucidating the metabolic relationships between BMI and triglyceride-associated loci.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide evidence that body fatness accentuates the effects of genetic susceptibility variants in hypertriglyceridemia, effects that are most evident in females.

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Ali, Ashfaq ^LU

; V Varga, Tibor ^LU ; Stojkovic, Ivana ^LU ; Schulz, Christina-Alexandra ^LU ; Hallmans, Göran ; Barroso, Inês ; Poveda, Alaitz ^LU

; Renström, Frida ^LU ; Orho-Melander, Marju ^LU and Franks, Paul ^LU

organization

publishing date

2016-02-10

type

Contribution to journal

publication status

published

subject

Medical Genetics and Genomics (including Gene Therapy)

keywords

bioinformatics, genetic epidemiology, genetics, obesity, triglycerides

in

Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

volume

9

issue

2

pages

10 pages

publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

external identifiers

pmid:26865658
scopus:84966318831
pmid:26865658
wos:000374795800010

ISSN

1942-325X

DOI

10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.115.001218

language

English

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yes

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733994f1-1a03-4edc-8e8b-71d029a7cb29 (old id 8825779)

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26865658?dopt=Abstract

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2016-04-04 07:06:08

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