Discordant association of the CREBRF rs373863828 A allele with increased BMI and protection from type 2 diabetes in Maori and Pacific (Polynesian) people living in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
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ABSTRACT: AIMS/HYPOTHESIS:The A (minor) allele of CREBRF rs373863828 has been associated with increased BMI and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes in the Samoan populations of Samoa and American Samoa. Our aim was to test rs373863828 for associations with BMI and the odds of type 2 diabetes, gout and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in M?ori and Pacific (Polynesian) people living in Aotearoa/New Zealand. METHODS:Linear and logistic regression models were used to analyse the association of the A allele of CREBRF rs373863828 with BMI, log-transformed BMI, waist circumference, type 2 diabetes, gout and CKD in 2286 adults. The primary analyses were adjusted for age, sex, the first four genome-wide principal components and (where appropriate) BMI, waist circumference and type 2 diabetes. The primary analysis was conducted in ancestrally defined groups and association effects were combined using meta-analysis. RESULTS:For the A allele of rs373863828, the effect size was 0.038 (95% CI 0.022, 0.055, p?=?4.8?×?10-6) for log-transformed BMI, with OR 0.59 (95% CI 0.47, 0.73, p?=?1.9?×?10-6) for type 2 diabetes. There was no evidence for an association of genotype with variance in BMI (p?=?0.13), and nor was there evidence for associations with serum urate (??=?0.012 mmol/l, pcorrected?=?0.10), gout (OR 1.00, p?=?0.98) or CKD (OR 0.91, p?=?0.59). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION:Our results in New Zealand Polynesian adults replicate, with very similar effect sizes, the association of the A allele of rs373863828 with higher BMI but lower odds of type 2 diabetes among Samoan adults living in Samoa and American Samoa.
SUBMITTER: Krishnan M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6434933 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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