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ArticleDiabetes2022

Differentiating Associations of Glycemic Traits With Atherosclerotic and Thrombotic Outcomes: Mendelian Randomization Investigation.

Shuai Yuan, Amy M Mason, Stephen Burgess, Susanna C Larsson

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Article in Diabetes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Shuai YuanUnit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5055-5627
Amy M MasonBritish Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.
Stephen BurgessMRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.
Susanna C LarssonUnit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0118-0341
University of Cambridge · GBKarolinska Institutet · SEUppsala University · SE

Funding

British Heart Foundation RG/13/13/30194British Heart Foundation RG/18/13/33946Department of Health BRC-1215-20014Medical Research Council MC_PC_17228Medical Research Council MC_QA137853Medical Research Council MC_UU_00002/7Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 204623/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted a Mendelian randomization analysis to differentiate associations of four glycemic indicators with a broad range of atherosclerotic and thrombotic diseases. Independent genetic variants associated with fasting glucose (FG), 2 h glucose after an oral glucose challenge (2hGlu), fasting insulin (FI), and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) at the genome-wide significance threshold were used as instrumental variables. Summary-level data for 12 atherosclerotic and 4 thrombotic outcomes were obtained from large genetic consortia and the FinnGen and UK Biobank studies. Higher levels of genetically predicted glycemic traits were consistently associated with increased risk of coronary atherosclerosis-related diseases and symptoms. Genetically predicted glycemic traits except HbA1c showed positive associations with peripheral artery disease risk. Genetically predicted FI levels were positively associated with risk of ischemic stroke and chronic kidney disease. Genetically predicted FG and 2hGlu were positively associated with risk of large artery stroke. Genetically predicted 2hGlu levels showed positive associations with risk of small vessel stroke. Higher levels of genetically predicted glycemic traits were not associated with increased risk of thrombotic outcomes. Most associations for genetically predicted levels of 2hGlu and FI remained after adjustment for other glycemic traits. Increase in glycemic status appears to increase risks of coronary and peripheral artery atherosclerosis but not thrombosis.

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AtherosclerosisStrokeBlood GlucoseGenome-Wide Association StudyGlycated HemoglobinHumansInsulinMendelian Randomization AnalysisPolymorphism, Single NucleotideBlood GlucoseGlycated HemoglobinInsulin

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PMID35499407
PMCPMC7613853
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