Gene × Physical Activity Interactions in Obesity: Combined Analysis of 111,421 Individuals of European Ancestry
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Ahmad, Shafqat
Rukh, Gull
Varga, Tibor V.
Ali, Ashfaq
Kurbasic, Azra
Shungin, Dmitry
Ericson, Ulrika
Koivula, Robert W.
Rose, Lynda M.
Ganna, Andrea
Qi, Qibin
Stančáková, Alena
Sandholt, Camilla H.
Elks, Cathy E.
Allin, Kristine H.
Jørgensen, Torben
Brage, Soren
Langenberg, Claudia
Aadahl, Mette
Grarup, Niels
Linneberg, Allan
Paré, Guillaume
Magnusson, Patrik K. E.
Pedersen, Nancy L.
Boehnke, Michael
Hamsten, Anders
Mohlke, Karen L.
Pedersen, Oluf
Scott, Robert A.
Ingelsson, Erik
Laakso, Markku
Hansen, Torben
Wareham, Nicholas J.
Hallmans, Göran
Renström, Frida
Orho-Melander, Marju
Franks, Paul W.
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Ahmad, S., G. Rukh, T. V. Varga, A. Ali, A. Kurbasic, D. Shungin, U. Ericson, et al. 2013. “Gene × Physical Activity Interactions in Obesity: Combined Analysis of 111,421 Individuals of European Ancestry.” PLoS Genetics 9 (7): e1003607. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003607. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003607.Abstract
Numerous obesity loci have been identified using genome-wide association studies. A UK study indicated that physical activity may attenuate the cumulative effect of 12 of these loci, but replication studies are lacking. Therefore, we tested whether the aggregate effect of these loci is diminished in adults of European ancestry reporting high levels of physical activity. Twelve obesity-susceptibility loci were genotyped or imputed in 111,421 participants. A genetic risk score (GRS) was calculated by summing the BMI-associated alleles of each genetic variant. Physical activity was assessed using self-administered questionnaires. Multiplicative interactions between the GRS and physical activity on BMI were tested in linear and logistic regression models in each cohort, with adjustment for age, age2, sex, study center (for multicenter studies), and the marginal terms for physical activity and the GRS. These results were combined using meta-analysis weighted by cohort sample size. The meta-analysis yielded a statistically significant GRS × physical activity interaction effect estimate (Pinteraction = 0.015). However, a statistically significant interaction effect was only apparent in North American cohorts (n = 39,810, Pinteraction = 0.014 vs. n = 71,611, Pinteraction = 0.275 for Europeans). In secondary analyses, both the FTO rs1121980 (Pinteraction = 0.003) and the SEC16B rs10913469 (Pinteraction = 0.025) variants showed evidence of SNP × physical activity interactions. This meta-analysis of 111,421 individuals provides further support for an interaction between physical activity and a GRS in obesity disposition, although these findings hinge on the inclusion of cohorts from North America, indicating that these results are either population-specific or non-causal.Other Sources
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