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Tapia G, Mårild K, Dahl SR, Lund-Blix NA, Viken MK, Lie BA, Njølstad PR, Joner G, Skrivarhaug T, Cohen AS, Størdal K, Stene LC. Maternal and Newborn Vitamin D-Binding Protein, Vitamin D Levels, Vitamin D Receptor Genotype, and Childhood Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2019; 42:553-559. [PMID: 30692241 PMCID: PMC6905492 DOI: 10.2337/dc18-2176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Circumstantial evidence links 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH)D], vitamin D-binding protein (DBP), vitamin D-associated genes, and type 1 diabetes (T1D), but no studies have jointly analyzed these. We aimed to investigate whether DBP levels during pregnancy or at birth were associated with offspring T1D and whether vitamin D pathway genetic variants modified associations between DBP, 25(OH)D, and T1D. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS From a cohort of >100,000 mother/child pairs, we analyzed 189 pairs where the child later developed T1D and 576 random control pairs. We measured 25(OH)D using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, and DBP using polyclonal radioimmunoassay, in cord blood and maternal plasma samples collected at delivery and midpregnancy. We genotyped mother and child for variants in or near genes involved in vitamin D metabolism (GC, DHCR7, CYP2R1, CYP24A1, CYP27B1, and VDR). Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) adjusted for potential confounders. RESULTS Higher maternal DBP levels at delivery, but not in other samples, were associated with lower offspring T1D risk (OR 0.86 [95% CI 0.74-0.98] per μmol/L increase). Higher cord blood 25(OH)D levels were associated with lower T1D risk (OR = 0.87 [95% CI 0.77-0.98] per 10 nmol/L increase) in children carrying the VDR rs11568820 G/G genotype (P interaction = 0.01 between 25(OH)D level and rs11568820). We did not detect other gene-environment interactions. CONCLUSIONS Higher maternal DBP level at delivery may decrease offspring T1D risk. Increased 25(OH)D levels at birth may decrease T1D risk, depending on VDR genotype. These findings should be replicated in other studies. Future studies of vitamin D and T1D should include VDR genotype and DBP levels.
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Affiliation(s)
- German Tapia
- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Hormone Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Aker, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.,Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.,Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
| | - Marte K Viken
- Department of Immunology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
| | - Benedicte A Lie
- Department of Immunology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - Pål R Njølstad
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,KG Jebsen Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - Geir Joner
- Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - Torild Skrivarhaug
- Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - Arieh S Cohen
- Department of Congenital Disorders, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Ketil Størdal
- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Pediatrics, Østfold Hospital Trust, Grålum, Norway
| | - Lars C Stene
- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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