Genetic underpinnings of regional adiposity distribution in African Americans: Assessments from the Jackson Heart Study
<h4>Background</h4> African ancestry individuals with comparable overall anthropometric measures to Europeans have lower abdominal adiposity. To explore the genetic underpinning of different adiposity patterns, we investigated whether genetic risk scores for well-studied adiposity phenot...
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doaj-b47b252de65344a48dd8721632b72a432021-08-08T04:32:00ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-01168Genetic underpinnings of regional adiposity distribution in African Americans: Assessments from the Jackson Heart StudyMohammad Y. AnwarLaura M. RaffieldLeslie A. LangeAdolfo CorreaKira C. Taylor<h4>Background</h4> African ancestry individuals with comparable overall anthropometric measures to Europeans have lower abdominal adiposity. To explore the genetic underpinning of different adiposity patterns, we investigated whether genetic risk scores for well-studied adiposity phenotypes like body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) also predict other, less commonly measured adiposity measures in 2420 African American individuals from the Jackson Heart Study. <h4>Methods</h4> Polygenic risk scores (PRS) were calculated using GWAS-significant variants extracted from published studies mostly representing European ancestry populations for BMI, waist-hip ratio (WHR) adjusted for BMI (WHRBMIadj), waist circumference adjusted for BMI (WCBMIadj), and body fat percentage (BF%). Associations between each PRS and adiposity measures including BF%, subcutaneous adiposity tissue (SAT), visceral adiposity tissue (VAT) and VAT:SAT ratio (VSR) were examined using multivariable linear regression, with or without BMI adjustment. <h4>Results</h4> In non-BMI adjusted models, all phenotype-PRS were found to be positive predictors of BF%, SAT and VAT. WHR-PRS was a positive predictor of VSR, but BF% and BMI-PRS were negative predictors of VSR. After adjusting for BMI, WHR-PRS remained a positive predictor of BF%, VAT and VSR but not SAT. WC-PRS was a positive predictor of SAT and VAT; BF%-PRS was a positive predictor of BF% and SAT only. <h4>Conclusion</h4> These analyses suggest that genetically driven increases in BF% strongly associate with subcutaneous rather than visceral adiposity and BF% is strongly associated with BMI but not central adiposity-associated genetic variants. How common genetic variants may contribute to observed differences in adiposity patterns between African and European ancestry individuals requires further study.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336790/?tool=EBI |
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Genetic underpinnings of regional adiposity distribution in African Americans: Assessments from the Jackson Heart Study |
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Genetic underpinnings of regional adiposity distribution in African Americans: Assessments from the Jackson Heart Study |
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Genetic underpinnings of regional adiposity distribution in African Americans: Assessments from the Jackson Heart Study |
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Genetic underpinnings of regional adiposity distribution in African Americans: Assessments from the Jackson Heart Study |
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Genetic underpinnings of regional adiposity distribution in African Americans: Assessments from the Jackson Heart Study |
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genetic underpinnings of regional adiposity distribution in african americans: assessments from the jackson heart study |
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<h4>Background</h4> African ancestry individuals with comparable overall anthropometric measures to Europeans have lower abdominal adiposity. To explore the genetic underpinning of different adiposity patterns, we investigated whether genetic risk scores for well-studied adiposity phenotypes like body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) also predict other, less commonly measured adiposity measures in 2420 African American individuals from the Jackson Heart Study. <h4>Methods</h4> Polygenic risk scores (PRS) were calculated using GWAS-significant variants extracted from published studies mostly representing European ancestry populations for BMI, waist-hip ratio (WHR) adjusted for BMI (WHRBMIadj), waist circumference adjusted for BMI (WCBMIadj), and body fat percentage (BF%). Associations between each PRS and adiposity measures including BF%, subcutaneous adiposity tissue (SAT), visceral adiposity tissue (VAT) and VAT:SAT ratio (VSR) were examined using multivariable linear regression, with or without BMI adjustment. <h4>Results</h4> In non-BMI adjusted models, all phenotype-PRS were found to be positive predictors of BF%, SAT and VAT. WHR-PRS was a positive predictor of VSR, but BF% and BMI-PRS were negative predictors of VSR. After adjusting for BMI, WHR-PRS remained a positive predictor of BF%, VAT and VSR but not SAT. WC-PRS was a positive predictor of SAT and VAT; BF%-PRS was a positive predictor of BF% and SAT only. <h4>Conclusion</h4> These analyses suggest that genetically driven increases in BF% strongly associate with subcutaneous rather than visceral adiposity and BF% is strongly associated with BMI but not central adiposity-associated genetic variants. How common genetic variants may contribute to observed differences in adiposity patterns between African and European ancestry individuals requires further study. |
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