A genetic approach to examine the relationship between vitamin B12 status and metabolic traits in a South Asian population
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Surendran, SAlsulami, S
Lankeshwara, R
Jayawardena, R
Wetthasinghe, K
Sarkar, S
Ellahi, B
Lovegrove, JA
Anthony, D
Vimaleswaran, KS
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University of Reading; University of Colombo; University of Technology Brisbane; University of Bournemouth; University of Chester
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Background: Observational studies in South Asian populations have suggested an association between vitamin B12 status and metabolic traits; however, the findings have been inconclusive. Hence, the aim of the present study was to use a genetic approach to explore the relationship between metabolic traits and vitamin B12 status in a Sri Lankan population and to investigate whether these relationships were modified by dietary intake. Methods: A total of 109 Sinhalese adults (61 men and 48 women aged 25-50 years), from Colombo city underwent anthropometric, biochemical, dietary intake analysis and genetic tests. Genetic risk scores (GRS) based on 10 metabolic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (metabolic-GRS) and 10 vitamin B12 SNPs (B12-GRS) were constructed. Results: The B12-GRS was significantly associated with serum vitamin B12 (P=0.008), but not with metabolic traits (P>0.05); whereas, the metabolic-GRS had no effect on metabolic traits (P>0.05) and vitamin B12 concentrations (P>0.05). An interaction was observed between B12-GRS and protein energy intake (%) on waist circumference (P=0.002). Interactions were also seen between the metabolic-GRS and carbohydrate energy intake (%) on waist to hip ratio (P=0.015). Conclusion: Our findings suggest that a genetically lowered vitamin B12 concentration may have an impact on central obesity in the presence of a dietary influence; however, our study failed to provide evidence for an impact of metabolic-GRS on lowering B12 concentrations. Given that our study has a small sample size, further large studies are required to confirm our findings.Citation
Surendran, S., Alsulami, S., Lankeshwara, R., Jayawardena, R., Wetthasinghe, K., Sarkar, S., ... & Vimaleswaran, K. S. (2019). A genetic approach to examine the relationship between vitamin B 12 status and metabolic traits in a South Asian population. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries, 40, 21–31.Publisher
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1998-3832ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s13410-019-00749-8
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