Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29469022›Full record

Trial reportNutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)2018

Obesity candidate genes, gestational weight gain, and body weight changes in pregnant women.

Susan W Groth, Amy LaLonde, Tongtong Wu, I Diana Fernandez

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Susan W GrothUniversity of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. Electronic address: Susan_Groth@urmc.rochester.edu.
Amy LaLondeDepartment of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Tongtong WuDepartment of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
I Diana FernandezDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
University of Rochester · US

Funding

Electronically-Mediated Weight Interventions for Pregnant and Postpartum WomenU01HL096760 · NHLBI · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI FERNANDEZ, ISABEL DIANA, OLSON, CHRISTINE MARIE · 2009 to 2013
$4.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL096760
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo examine the associations of two obesity-associated genes, FTO (rs9939609) and GNB3 (rs5443) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), with early pregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and postpartum weight retention.

methodsSecondary data analysis of self-identified white (n = 580) and black (n = 194) women who participated in a randomized controlled trial (2009-2014) and provided a saliva sample of DNA. Bivariate relationships were assessed using analysis of variance. Multiple regression models assessed the relationship between outcomes and gene SNPs, controlling for income, parity, and smoking status.

resultsFTO and GNB3 gene associations with pregnancy weight were different by racial group and early pregnancy body mass index. Obese black women homozygote for the FTO risk allele (AA) had a higher gestational weight gain compared with non-risk homozygotes (TT) (P = 0.006). GNB3 non-risk CC homozygotes tended to have a lower gestational weight gain compared with heterozygotes (P = 0.05). White GNB3 C carriers tended to be heavier in early pregnancy (P <0.1) and GNB3 homozygote (TT) overweight women tended to have lower postpartum weight retention than C carriers.

conclusionsThe FTO gene and possibly the GNB3 gene are associated with high gestational weight gain in obese black women. Obese carriers of the FTO risk allele gained 4.1 kg (AT) and 7.6 kg (TT) more than those without risk alleles. Overweight GNB3 heterozygotes (CT) gained 6.6 kg less than homozygotes (CC). Overweight or obese black women who have either risk variant are at risk for high gestational weight gain.

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AdultAllelesAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOAnalysis of VarianceBlack or African AmericanBody Mass IndexBody WeightFemaleGestational Weight GainHeterotrimeric GTP-Binding ProteinsHumansObesityOverweightPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePostpartum PeriodPregnancyAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOFTO protein, humanGNB3 protein, humanHeterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins

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PMID29469022
PMCPMC5857243
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