Abstract
The FTO gene harbors variation with the strongest effect on adiposity and obesity risk. Previous data support a role for FTO variation in influencing food intake. We conducted a combined analysis of 16,094 boys and girls aged 1-18 years from 14 studies to examine the following: 1) the association between the FTO rs9939609 variant (or a proxy) and total energy and macronutrient intake; and 2) the interaction between the FTO variant and dietary intake, and the effect on BMI. We found that the BMI-increasing allele (minor allele) of the FTO variant was associated with increased total energy intake (effect per allele = 14.3 kcal/day [95% CI 5.9, 22.7 kcal/day], P = 6.5 × 10(-4)), but not with protein, carbohydrate, or fat intake. We also found that protein intake modified the association between the FTO variant and BMI (interactive effect per allele = 0.08 SD [0.03, 0.12 SD], P for interaction = 7.2 × 10(-4)): the association between FTO genotype and BMI was much stronger in individuals with high protein intake (effect per allele = 0.10 SD [0.07, 0.13 SD], P = 8.2 × 10(-10)) than in those with low intake (effect per allele = 0.04 SD [0.01, 0.07 SD], P = 0.02). Our results suggest that the FTO variant that confers a predisposition to higher BMI is associated with higher total energy intake, and that lower dietary protein intake attenuates the association between FTO genotype and adiposity in children and adolescents.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2467-2476 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Diabetes |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2015 |
Bibliographical note
© 2015 by the American Diabetes Association. Readers may use this article as long as the work is properly cited, the use is educational and not for profit, and the work is not altered.Keywords
- Adiposity
- Adolescent
- Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTO
- Body Mass Index
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Dietary Proteins/administration & dosage
- Energy Intake
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Proteins/genetics
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Professor Nicholas John Timpson
- Bristol Medical School (PHS) - Professor of Genetic Epidemiology
- Bristol Population Health Science Institute
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit
- Cancer
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