ArticleDiabetologia2018
Interplay between genetic predisposition, macronutrient intake and type 2 diabetes incidence: analysis within EPIC-InterAct across eight European countries.
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- Lower Dietary Intake of Plant Protein Is Associated with Genetic Risk of Diabetes-Related Traits in Urban Asian Indian Adults.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Position Statement on Fat Consumption and Cardiovascular Health - 2021.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2021Article
- A Genetic Risk Score Improves the Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Mexican Youths but Has Lower Predictive Utility Compared With Non-Genetic Factors.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Article
- Sociodemographic and lifestyle-related risk factors for identifying vulnerable groups for type 2 diabetes: a narrative review with emphasis on data from Europe.BMC endocrine disorders · 2020Review
- Animal and Plant Protein Sources and Cardiometabolic Health.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Review
- Gene-diet quality interactions on haemoglobin A1c and type 2 diabetes risk: The Airwave Health Monitoring Study.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2019Article
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aims/hypothesisGene-macronutrient interactions may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes but research evidence to date is inconclusive. We aimed to increase our understanding of the aetiology of type 2 diabetes by investigating potential interactions between genes and macronutrient intake and their association with the incidence of type 2 diabetes.
methodsWe investigated the influence of interactions between genetic risk scores (GRSs) for type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and BMI and macronutrient intake on the development of type 2 diabetes in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-InterAct, a prospective case-cohort study across eight European countries (N = 21,900 with 9742 incident type 2 diabetes cases). Macronutrient intake was estimated from diets reported in questionnaires, including proportion of energy derived from total carbohydrate, protein, fat, plant and animal protein, saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fat and dietary fibre. Using multivariable-adjusted Cox regression, we estimated country-specific interaction results on the multiplicative scale, using random-effects meta-analysis. Secondary analysis used isocaloric macronutrient substitution.
resultsNo interactions were identified between any of the three GRSs and any macronutrient intake, with low-to-moderate heterogeneity between countries (I CONCLUSIONS/
interpretationGenetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and BMI did not modify the association between macronutrient intake and incident type 2 diabetes. This suggests that macronutrient intake recommendations to prevent type 2 diabetes do not need to account for differences in genetic predisposition to these three metabolic conditions.
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