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Erschienen in: Diabetologia 5/2019

23.02.2019 | Article

Lean mass, grip strength and risk of type 2 diabetes: a bi-directional Mendelian randomisation study

verfasst von: Chris Ho Ching Yeung, Shiu Lun Au Yeung, Shirley Siu Ming Fong, C. Mary Schooling

Erschienen in: Diabetologia | Ausgabe 5/2019

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Abstract

Aims/hypothesis

Muscle mass and strength may protect against type 2 diabetes as a sink for glucose disposal. In randomised controlled trials, resistance training improves glucose metabolism in people with the metabolic syndrome. Whether increasing muscle mass and strength protects against diabetes in the general population is unknown. We assessed the effect of markers of muscle mass and strength on diabetes and glycaemic traits using bi-directional Mendelian randomisation.

Methods

Inverse variance weighting estimates were obtained by applying genetic variants that predict male lean mass, female lean mass and grip strength, obtained from the UK Biobank GWAS, to the largest available case–control study of diabetes (DIAbetes Genetics Replication And Meta-analysis [DIAGRAM]; n = 74,124 cases and 824,006 controls) and to a study of glycaemic traits (Meta-Analyses of Glucose and Insulin-related traits Consortium [MAGIC]). Conversely, we also applied genetic variants that predict diabetes, HbA1c, fasting glucose, fasting insulin and HOMA-B to UK Biobank summary statistics for genetic association with lean mass and grip strength. As sensitivity analyses we used weighted median, Mendelian randomisation (MR)-Egger and Mendelian Randomization Pleiotropy RESidual Sum and Outlier (MR-PRESSO) and removed pleiotropic SNPs.

Results

Grip strength was not significantly associated with diabetes using inverse variance weighting (OR 0.72 per SD increase in grip strength, 95% CI 0.51, 1.01, p = 0.06) and including pleiotropic SNPs but was significantly associated with diabetes using MR-PRESSO (OR 0.77, 95% CI 0.62, 0.95, p = 0.02) after removing pleiotropic SNPs. Female lean mass was significantly associated with diabetes (OR 0.91, 95% CI 0.84, 0.99, p = 0.02) while male lean mass was not significant but directionally similar (OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.88, 1.01, p = 0.09). Conversely, diabetes was inversely and significantly associated with male lean mass (β −0.02 SD change in lean mass, 95% CI −0.04, −0.00, p = 0.04) and grip strength (β −0.01, 95% CI −0.02, −0.00, p = 0.01).

Conclusions/interpretation

Increased muscle mass and strength may be related to lower diabetes risk. Diabetes may also be associated with grip strength and lean mass. Muscle strength could warrant further investigation as a possible target of intervention for diabetes prevention.
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Metadaten
Titel
Lean mass, grip strength and risk of type 2 diabetes: a bi-directional Mendelian randomisation study
verfasst von
Chris Ho Ching Yeung
Shiu Lun Au Yeung
Shirley Siu Ming Fong
C. Mary Schooling
Publikationsdatum
23.02.2019
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Diabetologia / Ausgabe 5/2019
Print ISSN: 0012-186X
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-019-4826-0

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