The Effect of Elevated Body Mass Index on Ischemic Heart Disease Risk: Causal Estimates from a Mendelian Randomisation Approach

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Nordestgaard, Borge G. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Palmer, Tom M. [5 ,6 ]
Benn, Marianne [1 ,2 ,4 ]
Zacho, Jeppe [1 ,2 ,4 ]
Tybaerg-Hansen, Anne [2 ,3 ,4 ,7 ]
Smith, George Davey [5 ,6 ]
Timpson, Nicholas J. [5 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Herlev Hosp, Dept Clin Biochem, Copenhagen, Denmark
[2] Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Copenhagen Gen Populat Study, Herlev Hosp, Copenhagen, Denmark
[3] Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Copenhagen City Heart Study, Bispebjerg Hosp, Copenhagen, Denmark
[4] Univ Copenhagen, Fac Hlth Sci, Copenhagen, Denmark
[5] Univ Bristol, MRC Ctr Causal Ana Translat Epidemiol, Bristol, Avon, England
[6] Univ Bristol, Sch Social & Community Med, Bristol, Avon, England
[7] Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Rigshosp, Dept Clin Biochem, Copenhagen, Denmark
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PLOS MEDICINE | 2012年 / 9卷 / 05期
关键词
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FTO GENE; BLOOD-PRESSURE; MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION; CHOLESTEROL LEVELS; OBESITY; ASSOCIATION; MORTALITY; STROKE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pmed.1001212
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Background: Adiposity, assessed as elevated body mass index (BMI), is associated with increased risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD); however, whether this is causal is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that positive observational associations between BMI and IHD are causal. Methods and Findings: In 75,627 individuals taken from two population-based and one case-control study in Copenhagen, we measured BMI, ascertained 11,056 IHD events, and genotyped FTO(rs9939609), MC4R(rs17782313), and TMEM18(rs6548238). Using genotypes as a combined allele score in instrumental variable analyses, the causal odds ratio (OR) between BMI and IHD was estimated and compared with observational estimates. The allele score-BMI and the allele score-IHD associations used to estimate the causal OR were also calculated individually. In observational analyses the OR for IHD was 1.26 (95% CI 1.19-1.34) for every 4 kg/m(2) increase in BMI. A one-unit allele score increase associated with a 0.28 kg/m(2) (95 CI% 0.20-0.36) increase in BMI and an OR for IHD of 1.03 (95% CI 1.01-1.05) (corresponding to an average 1.68 kg/m(2) BMI increase and 18% increase in the odds of IHD for those carrying all six BMI increasing alleles). In instrumental variable analysis using the same allele score the causal IHD OR for a 4 kg/m(2) increase in BMI was 1.52 (95% CI 1.12-2.05). Conclusions: For every 4 kg/m(2) increase in BMI, observational estimates suggested a 26% increase in odds for IHD while causal estimates suggested a 52% increase. These data add evidence to support a causal link between increased BMI and IHD risk, though the mechanism may ultimately be through intermediate factors like hypertension, dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes. This work has important policy implications for public health, given the continuous nature of the BMI-IHD association and the modifiable nature of BMI. This analysis demonstrates the value of observational studies and their ability to provide unbiased results through inclusion of genetic data avoiding confounding, reverse causation, and bias.
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