Department of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester, Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Mol Psychiatry. 2021 Jun;26(6):2056-2069. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-0697-5. Epub 2020 May 11.
We conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of relative intake from the macronutrients fat, protein, carbohydrates, and sugar in over 235,000 individuals of European ancestries. We identified 21 unique, approximately independent lead SNPs. Fourteen lead SNPs are uniquely associated with one macronutrient at genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10), while five of the 21 lead SNPs reach suggestive significance (P < 1 × 10) for at least one other macronutrient. While the phenotypes are genetically correlated, each phenotype carries a partially unique genetic architecture. Relative protein intake exhibits the strongest relationships with poor health, including positive genetic associations with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease (r ≈ 0.15-0.5). In contrast, relative carbohydrate and sugar intake have negative genetic correlations with waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, and neighborhood deprivation (|r| ≈ 0.1-0.3) and positive genetic correlations with physical activity (r ≈ 0.1 and 0.2). Relative fat intake has no consistent pattern of genetic correlations with poor health but has a negative genetic correlation with educational attainment (r ≈-0.1). Although our analyses do not allow us to draw causal conclusions, we find no evidence of negative health consequences associated with relative carbohydrate, sugar, or fat intake. However, our results are consistent with the hypothesis that relative protein intake plays a role in the etiology of metabolic dysfunction.
我们对 235000 多名欧洲血统个体的宏量营养素(脂肪、蛋白质、碳水化合物和糖)的相对摄入量进行了全基因组关联研究(GWAS)。我们确定了 21 个独特的、大致独立的先导 SNP。14 个先导 SNP 与一种宏量营养素在全基因组范围内显著相关(P<5×10),而 21 个先导 SNP 中有 5 个达到了至少另一种宏量营养素的提示性显著水平(P<1×10)。虽然表型在遗传上是相关的,但每个表型都具有部分独特的遗传结构。相对蛋白质摄入与健康状况不佳的关系最强,包括与肥胖、2 型糖尿病和心脏病的正遗传关联(r≈0.15-0.5)。相比之下,相对碳水化合物和糖摄入与腰围、腰臀比和社区贫困程度呈负遗传相关(|r|≈0.1-0.3),与体力活动呈正遗传相关(r≈0.1 和 0.2)。相对脂肪摄入与健康状况不佳没有一致的遗传相关模式,但与教育程度呈负遗传相关(r≈-0.1)。尽管我们的分析不允许我们得出因果结论,但我们没有发现相对碳水化合物、糖或脂肪摄入与健康不良后果相关的证据。然而,我们的结果与相对蛋白质摄入在代谢功能障碍的病因学中发挥作用的假设是一致的。