Exploring the developmental overnutrition hypothesis using parental-offspring associations and FTO as an instrumental variable.
<h4>Background</h4>The developmental overnutrition hypothesis suggests that greater maternal obesity during pregnancy results in increased offspring adiposity in later life. If true, this would result in the obesity epidemic progressing across generations irrespective of environmental or...
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oai:doaj.org-article:9b34374753254eaab5942523d6ed2d722021-12-02T19:55:57ZExploring the developmental overnutrition hypothesis using parental-offspring associations and FTO as an instrumental variable.1549-12771549-167610.1371/journal.pmed.0050033https://doaj.org/article/9b34374753254eaab5942523d6ed2d722008-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18336062/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1549-1277https://doaj.org/toc/1549-1676<h4>Background</h4>The developmental overnutrition hypothesis suggests that greater maternal obesity during pregnancy results in increased offspring adiposity in later life. If true, this would result in the obesity epidemic progressing across generations irrespective of environmental or genetic changes. It is therefore important to robustly test this hypothesis.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We explored this hypothesis by comparing the associations of maternal and paternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) with offspring dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-determined fat mass measured at 9 to 11 y (4,091 parent-offspring trios) and by using maternal FTO genotype, controlling for offspring FTO genotype, as an instrument for maternal adiposity. Both maternal and paternal BMI were positively associated with offspring fat mass, but the maternal association effect size was larger than that in the paternal association in all models: mean difference in offspring sex- and age-standardised fat mass z-score per 1 standard deviation BMI 0.24 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.22 to 0.26) for maternal BMI versus 0.13 (95% CI: 0.11, 0.15) for paternal BMI; p-value for difference in effect < 0.001. The stronger maternal association was robust to sensitivity analyses assuming levels of non-paternity up to 20%. When maternal FTO, controlling for offspring FTO, was used as an instrument for the effect of maternal adiposity, the mean difference in offspring fat mass z-score per 1 standard deviation maternal BMI was -0.08 (95% CI: -0.56 to 0.41), with no strong statistical evidence that this differed from the observational ordinary least squares analyses (p = 0.17).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Neither our parental comparisons nor the use of FTO genotype as an instrumental variable, suggest that greater maternal BMI during offspring development has a marked effect on offspring fat mass at age 9-11 y. Developmental overnutrition related to greater maternal BMI is unlikely to have driven the recent obesity epidemic.Debbie A LawlorNicholas J TimpsonRoger M HarbordSam LearyAndy NessMark I McCarthyTimothy M FraylingAndrew T HattersleyGeorge Davey SmithPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRENPLoS Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 3, p e33 (2008) |
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<h4>Background</h4>The developmental overnutrition hypothesis suggests that greater maternal obesity during pregnancy results in increased offspring adiposity in later life. If true, this would result in the obesity epidemic progressing across generations irrespective of environmental or genetic changes. It is therefore important to robustly test this hypothesis.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We explored this hypothesis by comparing the associations of maternal and paternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) with offspring dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-determined fat mass measured at 9 to 11 y (4,091 parent-offspring trios) and by using maternal FTO genotype, controlling for offspring FTO genotype, as an instrument for maternal adiposity. Both maternal and paternal BMI were positively associated with offspring fat mass, but the maternal association effect size was larger than that in the paternal association in all models: mean difference in offspring sex- and age-standardised fat mass z-score per 1 standard deviation BMI 0.24 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.22 to 0.26) for maternal BMI versus 0.13 (95% CI: 0.11, 0.15) for paternal BMI; p-value for difference in effect < 0.001. The stronger maternal association was robust to sensitivity analyses assuming levels of non-paternity up to 20%. When maternal FTO, controlling for offspring FTO, was used as an instrument for the effect of maternal adiposity, the mean difference in offspring fat mass z-score per 1 standard deviation maternal BMI was -0.08 (95% CI: -0.56 to 0.41), with no strong statistical evidence that this differed from the observational ordinary least squares analyses (p = 0.17).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Neither our parental comparisons nor the use of FTO genotype as an instrumental variable, suggest that greater maternal BMI during offspring development has a marked effect on offspring fat mass at age 9-11 y. Developmental overnutrition related to greater maternal BMI is unlikely to have driven the recent obesity epidemic. |
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Debbie A Lawlor Nicholas J Timpson Roger M Harbord Sam Leary Andy Ness Mark I McCarthy Timothy M Frayling Andrew T Hattersley George Davey Smith |
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Debbie A Lawlor Nicholas J Timpson Roger M Harbord Sam Leary Andy Ness Mark I McCarthy Timothy M Frayling Andrew T Hattersley George Davey Smith |
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Exploring the developmental overnutrition hypothesis using parental-offspring associations and FTO as an instrumental variable. |
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Exploring the developmental overnutrition hypothesis using parental-offspring associations and FTO as an instrumental variable. |
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Exploring the developmental overnutrition hypothesis using parental-offspring associations and FTO as an instrumental variable. |
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Exploring the developmental overnutrition hypothesis using parental-offspring associations and FTO as an instrumental variable. |
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Exploring the developmental overnutrition hypothesis using parental-offspring associations and FTO as an instrumental variable. |
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exploring the developmental overnutrition hypothesis using parental-offspring associations and fto as an instrumental variable. |
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