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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Association of genetic loci with glucose levels in childhood and adolescence: a meta-analysis of over 6,000 children |
Author: | Barker, A. Sharp, S. Timpson, N. Bouatia-Naji, N. Warrington, N. Kanoni, S. Beilin, L. Brage, S. Deloukas, P. Evans, D. Grontved, A. Hassanali, N. Lawlor, D. Lecoeur, C. Loos, R. Lye, S. McCarthy, M. Mori, T. Coumba Ndiaye, N. Newnham, J. et al. |
Citation: | Diabetes, 2011; 60(6):1805-1812 |
Publisher: | American Diabetes Association |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 0012-1797 1939-327X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Adam Barker ... Lyle J. Palmer .. et al. |
Abstract: | OBJECTIVE To investigate whether associations of common genetic variants recently identified for fasting glucose or insulin levels in nondiabetic adults are detectable in healthy children and adolescents. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 16 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with fasting glucose were genotyped in six studies of children and adolescents of European origin, including over 6,000 boys and girls aged 9–16 years. We performed meta-analyses to test associations of individual SNPs and a weighted risk score of the 16 loci with fasting glucose. RESULTS Nine loci were associated with glucose levels in healthy children and adolescents, with four of these associations reported in previous studies and five reported here for the first time (GLIS3, PROX1, SLC2A2, ADCY5, and CRY2). Effect sizes were similar to those in adults, suggesting age-independent effects of these fasting glucose loci. Children and adolescents carrying glucose-raising alleles of G6PC2, MTNR1B, GCK, and GLIS3 also showed reduced β-cell function, as indicated by homeostasis model assessment of β-cell function. Analysis using a weighted risk score showed an increase [β (95% CI)] in fasting glucose level of 0.026 mmol/L (0.021–0.031) for each unit increase in the score. CONCLUSIONS Novel fasting glucose loci identified in genome-wide association studies of adults are associated with altered fasting glucose levels in healthy children and adolescents with effect sizes comparable to adults. In nondiabetic adults, fasting glucose changes little over time, and our results suggest that age-independent effects of fasting glucose loci contribute to long-term interindividual differences in glucose levels from childhood onwards. |
Keywords: | Humans Glucose-6-Phosphatase Blood Glucose DNA-Binding Proteins Homeodomain Proteins Trans-Activators Tumor Suppressor Proteins Transcription Factors Repressor Proteins Fasting Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Adolescent Child Female Male Glucose Transporter Type 2 Genome-Wide Association Study Genetic Loci Cryptochromes Adenylyl Cyclases Germinal Center Kinases Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases |
Rights: | © 2011 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. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by -nc-nd/3.0/ for details. |
DOI: | 10.2337/db10-1575 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/572613 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db10-1575 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Translational Health Science publications |
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