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The influence of obesity-related single nucleotide polymorphisms on BMI across the life course: the PAGE study.

TitleThe influence of obesity-related single nucleotide polymorphisms on BMI across the life course: the PAGE study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsGraff, M, Gordon-Larsen, P, Lim, U, Fowke, JH, Love, S-A, Fesinmeyer, M, Wilkens, LR, Vertilus, S, Ritchie, MD, Prentice, RL, Pankow, J, Monroe, K, Manson, JAE, Le Marchand, L, Kuller, LH, Kolonel, LN, Hong, CP, Henderson, BE, Haessler, J, Gross, MD, Goodloe, R, Franceschini, N, Carlson, CS, Buyske, S, Bůzková, P, Hindorff, LA, Matise, TC, Crawford, DC, Haiman, CA, Peters, U, North, KE
JournalDiabetes
Volume62
Issue5
Pagination1763-7
Date Published2013 May
ISSN1939-327X
KeywordsAdolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Body Mass Index, Cohort Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Genetic Association Studies, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Proteins, United States, Young Adult
Abstract<p>Evidence is limited as to whether heritable risk of obesity varies throughout adulthood. Among >34,000 European Americans, aged 18-100 years, from multiple U.S. studies in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Consortium, we examined evidence for heterogeneity in the associations of five established obesity risk variants (near FTO, GNPDA2, MTCH2, TMEM18, and NEGR1) with BMI across four distinct epochs of adulthood: 1) young adulthood (ages 18-25 years), adulthood (ages 26-49 years), middle-age adulthood (ages 50-69 years), and older adulthood (ages ≥70 years); or 2) by menopausal status in women and stratification by age 50 years in men. Summary-effect estimates from each meta-analysis were compared for heterogeneity across the life epochs. We found heterogeneity in the association of the FTO (rs8050136) variant with BMI across the four adulthood epochs (P = 0.0006), with larger effects in young adults relative to older adults (β [SE] = 1.17 [0.45] vs. 0.09 [0.09] kg/m², respectively, per A allele) and smaller intermediate effects. We found no evidence for heterogeneity in the association of GNPDA2, MTCH2, TMEM18, and NEGR1 with BMI across adulthood. Genetic predisposition to obesity may have greater effects on body weight in young compared with older adulthood for FTO, suggesting changes by age, generation, or secular trends. Future research should compare and contrast our findings with results using longitudinal data.</p>
DOI10.2337/db12-0863
Alternate JournalDiabetes
PubMed ID23300277
PubMed Central IDPMC3636619
Grant ListR01 HD057194 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States
R24 HD050924 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States