Shuai Yuan1,2, Xia Jiang3,4, Karl Michaëlsson1, Susanna C Larsson5,2. 1. Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. 2. Unit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 3. Unit of Translational Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 4. Department of Epidemiology, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA. 5. Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden susanna.larsson@surgsci.uu.se.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We conducted a Mendelian randomization study to investigate the associations of genetically predicted serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (S-25OHD), calcium (S-Ca), and parathyroid hormone (S-PTH) levels with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Seven, six, and five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with S-25OHD, S-Ca, and S-PTH levels, respectively, were used as instrumental variables. Data on T2DM were available for 74,124 case subjects with T2DM and 824,006 control subjects. The inverse variance-weighted method was used for the primary analyses, and the weighted median and Mendelian randomization (MR)-Egger methods were used for supplementary analyses. RESULTS: Genetically predicted S-25OHD but not S-Ca and S-PTH levels were associated with T2DM in the primary analyses. For 1 SD increment of S-25OHD levels, the odds ratio (OR) of T2DM was 0.94 (95% CI 0.88-0.99; P = 0.029) in an analysis based on all seven SNPs and 0.90 (95% CI 0.83-0.98; P = 0.011) in an analysis based on three SNPs within or near genes involved in vitamin D synthesis. Only the association based on the SNPs involved in vitamin D synthesis remained in the weighted median analysis, and no pleiotropy was detected (P = 0.153). Pleiotropy was detected in the analysis of S-Ca (P = 0.013). After correcting for this bias using MR-Egger regression, the OR of T2DM per 1 SD increment of S-Ca levels was 1.41 (95% CI 1.12-1.77; P = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS: Modest lifelong higher S-25OHD levels were associated with reduced odds of T2DM, but the association was only robust for SNPs in the vitamin D synthesis pathway. The possible role of S-Ca levels for T2DM development requires further research.
OBJECTIVE: We conducted a Mendelian randomization study to investigate the associations of genetically predicted serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (S-25OHD), calcium (S-Ca), and parathyroid hormone (S-PTH) levels with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Seven, six, and five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with S-25OHD, S-Ca, and S-PTH levels, respectively, were used as instrumental variables. Data on T2DM were available for 74,124 case subjects with T2DM and 824,006 control subjects. The inverse variance-weighted method was used for the primary analyses, and the weighted median and Mendelian randomization (MR)-Egger methods were used for supplementary analyses. RESULTS: Genetically predicted S-25OHD but not S-Ca and S-PTH levels were associated with T2DM in the primary analyses. For 1 SD increment of S-25OHD levels, the odds ratio (OR) of T2DM was 0.94 (95% CI 0.88-0.99; P = 0.029) in an analysis based on all seven SNPs and 0.90 (95% CI 0.83-0.98; P = 0.011) in an analysis based on three SNPs within or near genes involved in vitamin D synthesis. Only the association based on the SNPs involved in vitamin D synthesis remained in the weighted median analysis, and no pleiotropy was detected (P = 0.153). Pleiotropy was detected in the analysis of S-Ca (P = 0.013). After correcting for this bias using MR-Egger regression, the OR of T2DM per 1 SD increment of S-Ca levels was 1.41 (95% CI 1.12-1.77; P = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS: Modest lifelong higher S-25OHD levels were associated with reduced odds of T2DM, but the association was only robust for SNPs in the vitamin D synthesis pathway. The possible role of S-Ca levels for T2DM development requires further research.
Authors: Marion Denos; Xiao-Mei Mai; Bjørn Olav Åsvold; Elin Pettersen Sørgjerd; Yue Chen; Yi-Qian Sun Journal: BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care Date: 2021-01
Authors: Tai-Hing Lam; Karen Siu-Ling Lam; Hung-Fat Tse; Yap-Hang Chan; C Mary Schooling; Jie V Zhao; Shiu-Lun Au Yeung; Jo Jo Hai; G Neil Thomas; Kar-Keung Cheng; Chao-Qiang Jiang; Yuen-Kwun Wong; Ka-Wing Au; Clara S Tang; Chloe Y Y Cheung; Aimin Xu; Pak-Chung Sham Journal: Genes Nutr Date: 2022-01-29 Impact factor: 5.523