S Raghavan1,2,3,4, W Zhang3, I V Yang3,4,5, L A Lange3,4, E M Lange3,4, T E Fingerlin3,4,5, D Dabelea3. 1. Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Denver, CO, USA. 2. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 3. Center for Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 4. Division of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, USA. 5. National Jewish Health, Center for Genes, Environment, and Health, Denver, CO, USA, USA.
Abstract
AIM: To examine the extent to which offspring obesity-associated genetic risk explains the association between gestational diabetes mellitus and childhood adiposity. METHODS: We studied 282 children aged 7-12 years who were enrolled in the Exploring Perinatal Outcomes in Children Study. A genetic risk score for BMI was calculated as the count of 91 established BMI-raising risk alleles. Multivariable linear and logistic regression models were used to estimate associations between the offspring genetic risk score and exposure to gestational diabetes and childhood adiposity (BMI and waist circumference), adjusting for clinical and demographic covariates. The contribution of offspring genetic risk to associations between maternal gestational diabetes and childhood outcomes was estimated by comparing the regression coefficients for the gestational diabetes variable in models with and without the genetic risk score. RESULTS: The offspring BMI genetic risk score was associated with childhood BMI (P = 0.006) and waist circumference (P = 0.02), and marginally with gestational diabetes (P = 0.05). Offspring BMI genetic risk did not contribute significantly to associations between gestational diabetes and childhood BMI [7.7% (95% CI -3.3, 18.8)] or waist circumference [5.8% (95% CI -3.1, 14.8); P = 0.2 for both]. CONCLUSIONS: Offspring obesity genetic risk does not explain a significant proportion of the association between gestational diabetes exposure and childhood adiposity. The association between gestational diabetes and childhood adiposity is probably explained through alternative pathways, including direct intrauterine effects or a shared postnatal environment.
AIM: To examine the extent to which offspring obesity-associated genetic risk explains the association between gestational diabetes mellitus and childhood adiposity. METHODS: We studied 282 children aged 7-12 years who were enrolled in the Exploring Perinatal Outcomes in Children Study. A genetic risk score for BMI was calculated as the count of 91 established BMI-raising risk alleles. Multivariable linear and logistic regression models were used to estimate associations between the offspring genetic risk score and exposure to gestational diabetes and childhood adiposity (BMI and waist circumference), adjusting for clinical and demographic covariates. The contribution of offspring genetic risk to associations between maternal gestational diabetes and childhood outcomes was estimated by comparing the regression coefficients for the gestational diabetes variable in models with and without the genetic risk score. RESULTS: The offspring BMI genetic risk score was associated with childhood BMI (P = 0.006) and waist circumference (P = 0.02), and marginally with gestational diabetes (P = 0.05). Offspring BMI genetic risk did not contribute significantly to associations between gestational diabetes and childhood BMI [7.7% (95% CI -3.3, 18.8)] or waist circumference [5.8% (95% CI -3.1, 14.8); P = 0.2 for both]. CONCLUSIONS: Offspring obesity genetic risk does not explain a significant proportion of the association between gestational diabetes exposure and childhood adiposity. The association between gestational diabetes and childhood adiposity is probably explained through alternative pathways, including direct intrauterine effects or a shared postnatal environment.
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