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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04515-x
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- Karolinska Institute
- Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) [2018-00123]
- Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsradet) [2019-00977]
- Forte [2018-00123] Funding Source: Forte
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This study suggests that obesity, type 2 diabetes, systolic blood pressure, and smoking have causal roles in senile cataract.
We conducted a Mendelian randomization study to determine the associations of body mass index (BMI), type 2 diabetes (T2D), systolic blood pressure (SBP), coffee and alcohol consumption and smoking initiation with senile cataract. Independent single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with the metabolic and lifestyle factors at the p < 5 x 10(-8) were selected as instrument variables. Summary-level data for senile cataract were obtained from the FinnGen consortium (20,157 cases and 154,905 non-cases) and UK Biobank study (6332 cases and 354,862 non-cases). Higher genetically predicted BMI and SBP and genetic predisposition to T2D and smoking initiation were associated with an increased risk of senile cataract. The combined odds ratios were 1.19 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.09-1.29; p < 0.001) per one standard deviation increase in BMI (similar to 4.8 kg/m(2)), 1.13 (95% CI 1.04-1.23; p = 0.004) per 10 mmHg increase in SBP, 1.06 (95% CI 1.03-1.09; p < 0.001) per one unit increase in log-transformed odds ratio of T2D, and 1.19 (95% CI 1.10-1.29; p < 0.001) per one standard deviation increase in prevalence of smoking initiation. Genetically predicted coffee consumption showed a suggestive association with senile cataract (odds ratio per 50% increase, 1.18, 95% CI 1.00-1.40; p = 0.050). This study suggests causal roles of obesity, T2D, SBP and smoking in senile cataract.
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