| Title: | Evidence of gene-nutrient interaction association with waist circumference, cross-sectional analysis |
| Journal: | BMC Public Health |
| Published: | 10 Jul 2024 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38987751/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19127-z |
Publication 11671
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Abstract
Background and aimsWaist circumference (WC) is a significant indicator of body adiposity and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity of cardiovascular diseases. Although, single nutrient intake and candidate genes were previously associated with WC. Little is known about WC association with overall diet quality, genetic risk score and gene-nutrient interaction. This study aims to investigate the influence of overall diet quality and multiple WC-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms on WC. In addition to investigating gene-nutrient interaction association with WC.MethodsThis study explored cross-sectional data from two large sample-size studies, to provide reproducible results. As a representation of the UK population, the Airwave Health Monitoring Study (n = 6,502) and the UK-Biobank Cohort Study (n = 171,129) were explored for factors associated with WC. Diet quality was evaluated based on the Mellen Index for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (Mellen-DASH). The genetic risk score for WC (GRS-Waist) was calculated by screening the population genotype for WC-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms. Multivariate linear regression models were built to explore WC association with diet quality and genetic risk score. Gene-nutrient interaction was explored by introducing the interaction term (GRS-Waist X Mellen-DASH score) to multivariate linear regression analysis.ResultsThe prevalence of high WC (Female > 80 cm, Male > 94 cm) was 46.5% and 51.7% in both populations. Diet quality and genetic risk score of WC were significantly associated with WC. There was no evidence of interaction between GRS-Waist, DASH diet scores and nutrient intake on WC.ConclusionThis study's findings provided reproducible results on waist circumference association with diet and genetics and tested the possibility of gene-nutrient interaction. These reproducible results are successful in building the foundation for using diet and genetics for early identification of those at risk of having high WC and WC-associated diseases. In addition, evidence on gene-diet interactions on WC is limited and lacks replication, therefore our findings may guide future research in investigating this interaction and investigating its application in precision nutrition.</p>
13 Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Diet
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Risk Factors
- United Kingdom
- Waist Circumference
5 Authors
- Anwar H. AlBaloul
- Jennifer Griffin
- Alexandra Kopytek
- Paul Elliott
- Gary Frost
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