School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2019
Abstract
Aims hypothesis
Variants in CREBRF (rs12513649 and rs373863828) have been strongly associated with increased BMI and decreased risk of type 2 diabetes in Polynesian populations; the A allele at rs373863828 is common in Polynesians but rare in most other global populations. The aim of the present study was to assess the association of CREBRF variants with obesity and diabetes in Pacific Islander (largely Marianas and Micronesian) populations from Guam and Saipan.
Methods
CREBRF rs12513649 and rs373863828 were genotyped in 2022 participants in a community-based cross-sectional study designed to identify determinants of diabetes and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Associations were analysed with adjustment for age, sex, ESRD and the first four genetic principal components from a genome-wide association study (to account for population stratification); a genomic control procedure was used to account for residual stratification.
Results
The G allele at rs12513649 had an overall frequency of 7.7%, which varied from 2.2% to 20.7% across different Marianas and Micronesian populations; overall frequency of the A allele at rs373863828 was 4.2% (range: 1.1–5.4%). The G allele at rs12513649 was associated with higher BMI (β=1.55 kg/m2 per copy; p=0.0026) as was the A allele at rs373863828 (β=1.48 kg/m2, p=0.033). The same alleles were associated with lower risk of diabetes (OR per copy: 0.63 [p=0.0063] and 0.49 [p=0.0022], respectively). Meta-analyses combining the current results with previous results in Polynesians showed a strong association between the A allele at rs373863828 and BMI (β=1.38 kg/m2;p=2.5×l0−29) and diabetes (OR=0.65, p=1.5×l0−13).
Conclusions interpretation
These results confirm the associations of CREBRF variants with higher BMI and lower risk of diabetes and, importantly, they suggest that these variants contribute to the risk of obesity and diabetes in Oceanic populations.
Recommended Citation
Hanson, R. L., Safabakhsh, S., Curtis, J. M., Hsueh, W. C., Jones, L. I., Aflague, T. F., Duenas Sarmiento, J., Kumar, S., Blackburn, N. B., Curran, J. E., Mahkee, D., Baier, L. J., Knowler, W. C., & Nelson, R. G. (2019). Association of CREBRF variants with obesity and diabetes in Pacific Islanders from Guam and Saipan. Diabetologia, 62(9), 1647–1652. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-019-4932-z
Publication Title
Diabetologia
DOI
10.1007/s00125-019-4932-z
Academic Level
faculty
Mentor/PI Department
Office of Human Genetics
Comments
Original published version available at doi.org/10.1007/s00125-019-4932-z