The influence of obesity-related factors in the etiology of renal cell carcinoma-A mendelian randomization study.

Johansson, M; Carreras-Torres, RORCID logo; Scelo, G; Purdue, MP; Mariosa, D; Muller, DC; Timpson, NJORCID logo; Haycock, PCORCID logo; Brown, KMORCID logo; Wang, Z; +103 more...Ye, Y; Hofmann, JN; Foll, M; Gaborieau, V; Machiela, MJORCID logo; Colli, LM; Li, PORCID logo; Garnier, J; Blanche, H; Boland, A; Burdette, L; Prokhortchouk, E; Skryabin, KG; Yeager, M; Radojevic-Skodric, SORCID logo; Ognjanovic, S; Foretova, L; Holcatova, IORCID logo; Janout, V; Mates, DORCID logo; Mukeriya, AORCID logo; Rascu, S; Zaridze, D; Bencko, V; Cybulski, C; Fabianova, EORCID logo; Jinga, VORCID logo; Lissowska, J; Lubinski, J; Navratilova, M; Rudnai, P; Benhamou, S; Cancel-Tassin, GORCID logo; Cussenot, OORCID logo; Weiderpass, EORCID logo; Ljungberg, B; Tumkur Sitaram, R; Häggström, C; Bruinsma, FORCID logo; Jordan, SJORCID logo; Severi, GORCID logo; Winship, IORCID logo; Hveem, K; Vatten, LJ; Fletcher, TORCID logo; Larsson, SCORCID logo; Wolk, AORCID logo; Banks, REORCID logo; Selby, PJ; Easton, DF; Andreotti, G; Beane Freeman, LEORCID logo; Koutros, S; Männistö, S; Weinstein, SORCID logo; Clark, PE; Edwards, TLORCID logo; Lipworth, L; Gapstur, SMORCID logo; Stevens, VLORCID logo; Carol, HORCID logo; Freedman, ML; Pomerantz, MMORCID logo; Cho, E; Wilson, KM; Gaziano, JM; Sesso, HD; Freedman, NDORCID logo; Parker, AS; Eckel-Passow, JE; Huang, WORCID logo; Kahnoski, RJ; Lane, BR; Noyes, SL; Petillo, DORCID logo; Teh, BT; Peters, U; White, E; Anderson, GLORCID logo; Johnson, L; Luo, J; Buring, J; Lee, I; Chow, W; Moore, LEORCID logo; Eisen, T; Henrion, MORCID logo; Larkin, J; Barman, PORCID logo; Leibovich, BC; Choueiri, TKORCID logo; Lathrop, GM; Deleuze, J; Gunter, M; McKay, JDORCID logo; Wu, X; Houlston, RS; Chanock, SJ; Relton, CORCID logo; Richards, JBORCID logo; Martin, RMORCID logo; Davey Smith, GORCID logo; Brennan, PORCID logo and (2019) The influence of obesity-related factors in the etiology of renal cell carcinoma-A mendelian randomization study. PLOS MEDICINE, 16 (1). e1002724-. ISSN 1549-1676 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002724
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BACKGROUND: Several obesity-related factors have been associated with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), but it is unclear which individual factors directly influence risk. We addressed this question using genetic markers as proxies for putative risk factors and evaluated their relation to RCC risk in a mendelian randomization (MR) framework. This methodology limits bias due to confounding and is not affected by reverse causation. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Genetic markers associated with obesity measures, blood pressure, lipids, type 2 diabetes, insulin, and glucose were initially identified as instrumental variables, and their association with RCC risk was subsequently evaluated in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 10,784 RCC patients and 20,406 control participants in a 2-sample MR framework. The effect on RCC risk was estimated by calculating odds ratios (ORSD) for a standard deviation (SD) increment in each risk factor. The MR analysis indicated that higher body mass index increases the risk of RCC (ORSD: 1.56, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.44-1.70), with comparable results for waist-to-hip ratio (ORSD: 1.63, 95% CI 1.40-1.90) and body fat percentage (ORSD: 1.66, 95% CI 1.44-1.90). This analysis further indicated that higher fasting insulin (ORSD: 1.82, 95% CI 1.30-2.55) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP; ORSD: 1.28, 95% CI 1.11-1.47), but not systolic blood pressure (ORSD: 0.98, 95% CI 0.84-1.14), increase the risk for RCC. No association with RCC risk was seen for lipids, overall type 2 diabetes, or fasting glucose. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides novel evidence for an etiological role of insulin in RCC, as well as confirmatory evidence that obesity and DBP influence RCC risk.

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