TY - JOUR
T1 - Low physical activity accentuates the effect of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism on body fat accumulation
AU - Andreasen, Camilla H.
AU - Stender-Petersen, Kirstine L.
AU - Mogensen, Mette S.
AU - Torekov, Signe S.
AU - Wegner, Lise
AU - Andersen, Gitte
AU - Nielsen, Arne L.
AU - Albrechtsen, Anders
AU - Borch-Johnsen, Knut
AU - Rasmussen, Signe S.
AU - Clausen, Jesper O.
AU - Sandbæk, Annelli
AU - Lauritzen, Torsten
AU - Hansen, Lars
AU - Jørgensen, Torben
AU - Pedersen, Oluf
AU - Hansen, Torben
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE - Three independent studies have shown that variation in the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene associates with BMI and obesity. In the present study, the effect of FTO variation on metabolic traits including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and related quantitative phenotypes was examined. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - The FTO rs9939609 polymorphism was genotyped in a total of 17,508 Danes from five different study groups. RESULTS - In studies of 3,856 type 2 diabetic case subjects and 4,861 normal glucose-tolerant control subjects, the minor A-allele of rs9939609 associated with type 2 diabetes (odds ratio 1.13 [95% CI 1.06-1.20], P = 9 × 10-5). This association was abolished when adjusting for BMI (1.06 [0.97-1.16], P = 0.2). Among 17,162 middle-aged Danes, the A-allele associated with overweight (1.19 [1.13-1.24], P = 1 × 10-12) and obesity (1.27 [1.20-1.34], P = 2 × 10-16). Furthermore, obesity-related quantitative traits such as body weight, waist circumference, fat mass, and fasting serum leptin levels were significantly elevated in A-allele carriers. An interaction between the FTO rs9939609 genotype and physical activity (P = 0.007) was found, where physically inactive homozygous risk A-allele carriers had a 1.95 ± 0.3 kg/m 2 increase in BMI compared with homozygous T-allele carriers. CONCLUSIONS - We validate that variation in FTO is associated with type 2 diabetes when not adjusted for BMI and with an overall increase in body fat mass. Furthermore, low physical activity seems to accentuate the effect of FTO rs9939609 on body fat accumulation.
AB - OBJECTIVE - Three independent studies have shown that variation in the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene associates with BMI and obesity. In the present study, the effect of FTO variation on metabolic traits including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and related quantitative phenotypes was examined. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - The FTO rs9939609 polymorphism was genotyped in a total of 17,508 Danes from five different study groups. RESULTS - In studies of 3,856 type 2 diabetic case subjects and 4,861 normal glucose-tolerant control subjects, the minor A-allele of rs9939609 associated with type 2 diabetes (odds ratio 1.13 [95% CI 1.06-1.20], P = 9 × 10-5). This association was abolished when adjusting for BMI (1.06 [0.97-1.16], P = 0.2). Among 17,162 middle-aged Danes, the A-allele associated with overweight (1.19 [1.13-1.24], P = 1 × 10-12) and obesity (1.27 [1.20-1.34], P = 2 × 10-16). Furthermore, obesity-related quantitative traits such as body weight, waist circumference, fat mass, and fasting serum leptin levels were significantly elevated in A-allele carriers. An interaction between the FTO rs9939609 genotype and physical activity (P = 0.007) was found, where physically inactive homozygous risk A-allele carriers had a 1.95 ± 0.3 kg/m 2 increase in BMI compared with homozygous T-allele carriers. CONCLUSIONS - We validate that variation in FTO is associated with type 2 diabetes when not adjusted for BMI and with an overall increase in body fat mass. Furthermore, low physical activity seems to accentuate the effect of FTO rs9939609 on body fat accumulation.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/38449098674
U2 - 10.2337/db07-0910
DO - 10.2337/db07-0910
M3 - Article
C2 - 17942823
AN - SCOPUS:38449098674
SN - 0012-1797
VL - 57
SP - 95
EP - 101
JO - Diabetes
JF - Diabetes
IS - 1
ER -