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Total and Nonheme Dietary Iron Intake Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Chinese Men and Women. Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10111663. [PMID: 30400363 PMCID: PMC6266186 DOI: 10.3390/nu10111663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The causal relationship between serum ferritin and metabolic syndrome (MetS) remains inconclusive. Dietary iron intake increases serum ferritin. The objective of this study was to evaluate associations of total, heme, and nonheme dietary iron intake with MetS and its components in men and women in metropolitan China. Data from 3099 participants in the Shanghai Diet and Health Survey (SDHS) obtained during 2012–2013 were included in this analysis. Dietary intake was assessed by 24-h diet records from 3 consecutive days. Multivariate generalized linear mixed models were used to evaluate the associations of dietary iron intake with MetS and its components. After adjustment for potential confounders as age, sex, income, physical exercise, smoking status, alcohol use, and energy intake, a positive trend was observed across quartiles of total iron intake and risk of MetS (p for trend = 0.022). Compared with the lowest quartile of total iron intake (<12.72 mg/day), the highest quartile (≥21.88 mg/day) had an odds ratio (95% confidence interval), OR (95% CI), of 1.59 (1.15,2.20). In addition, the highest quartile of nonheme iron intake (≥20.10 mg/day) had a 1.44-fold higher risk of MetS compared with the lowest quartile (<11.62 mg/day), and higher risks of MetS components were associated with the third quartiles of total and nonheme iron intake. There was no association between heme iron intake and risk of MetS (p for trend = 0.895). Associations for total and nonheme iron intake with MetS risk were found in men but not in women. Total and nonheme dietary iron intake was found to be positively associated with MetS and its components in the adult population in metropolitan China. This research also revealed a gender difference in the association between dietary iron intake and MetS.
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Scotet V, Saliou P, Uguen M, L'Hostis C, Merour MC, Triponey C, Chanu B, Nousbaum JB, Le Gac G, Ferec C. Do pregnancies reduce iron overload in HFE hemochromatosis women? results from an observational prospective study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2018; 18:53. [PMID: 29454332 PMCID: PMC5816504 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1684-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background HFE hemochromatosis is an inborn error of iron metabolism linked to a defect in the regulation of hepcidin synthesis. This autosomal recessive disease typically manifests later in women than men. Although it is commonly stated that pregnancy is, with menses, one of the factors that offsets iron accumulation in women, no epidemiological study has yet supported this hypothesis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the influence of pregnancy on expression of the predominant HFE p.[Cys282Tyr];[Cys282Tyr] genotype. Methods One hundred and forty p.Cys282Tyr homozygous women enrolled in a phlebotomy program between 2004 and 2011 at a blood centre in western Brittany (France) were included in the study. After checking whether the disease expression was delayed in women than in men in our study, the association between pregnancy and iron overload was assessed using multivariable regression analysis. Results Our study confirms that women with HFE hemochromatosis were diagnosed later than men cared for during the same period (52.6 vs. 47.4 y., P < 0.001). Compared to no pregnancy, having at least one pregnancy was not associated with lower iron markers. In contrast, the amount of iron removed by phlebotomies appeared significantly higher in women who had at least one pregnancy (eβ = 1.50, P = 0.047). This relationship disappeared after adjustment for confounding factors (eβ = 1.35, P = 0.088). Conclusions Our study shows that pregnancy status has no impact on iron markers level, and is not in favour of pregnancy being a protective factor in progressive iron accumulation. Our results are consistent with recent experimental data suggesting that the difference in disease expression observed between men and women may be explained by other factors such as hormones.
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- Virginie Scotet
- UMR1078 "Génétique, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Biotechnologies", Inserm, EFS, Université de Brest, ISBAM, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, 29200, Brest, France.
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- UMR1078 "Génétique, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Biotechnologies", Inserm, EFS, Université de Brest, ISBAM, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, 29200, Brest, France.,Laboratoire d'Hygiene et de Sante Publique, Hopital Morvan, Brest, France
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- UMR1078 "Génétique, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Biotechnologies", Inserm, EFS, Université de Brest, ISBAM, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, 29200, Brest, France
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- UMR1078 "Génétique, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Biotechnologies", Inserm, EFS, Université de Brest, ISBAM, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, 29200, Brest, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang - Bretagne, Site de Brest, Brest, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang - Bretagne, Site de Brest, Brest, France
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- UMR1078 "Génétique, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Biotechnologies", Inserm, EFS, Université de Brest, ISBAM, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, 29200, Brest, France.,Service d'Hepato-Gastroenterologie, Hopital La Cavale Blanche, Brest, France
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- UMR1078 "Génétique, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Biotechnologies", Inserm, EFS, Université de Brest, ISBAM, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, 29200, Brest, France.,Laboratoire de Genetique Moleculaire et d'Histocompatibilite, Hopital Morvan, Brest, France
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- UMR1078 "Génétique, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Biotechnologies", Inserm, EFS, Université de Brest, ISBAM, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, 29200, Brest, France.,Etablissement Français du Sang - Bretagne, Site de Brest, Brest, France.,Laboratoire de Genetique Moleculaire et d'Histocompatibilite, Hopital Morvan, Brest, France
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A number of human disorders are related to chronic iron overload, either of genetic or acquired origin. The multi-organ damage produced by iron excess leads, in adults and in children, to severe clinical consequences, affecting both quality of life and life expectancy. The diagnosis is increasingly based on a non-invasive strategy, resorting to clinical, biological and imaging data. The treatment rests on either venesection or chelation therapy, depending on the etiology. Major advances in the fields of molecular biology, pharmacology, and biotechnology pave the road for key improvements in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of the patients.
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- Pierre Brissot
- a Hepatology-Faculty of Medicine, Inserm-UMR 991, National Center of Reference for Rare Iron Overload Diseases , University Hospital Pontchaillou , Rennes , France
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Kilani N, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Marques-Vidal P. Iron metabolism and incidence of metabolic syndrome. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2015; 25:1025-1032. [PMID: 26315622 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2015.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Whether iron metabolism affects metabolic syndrome (METS) is debated. We assessed the association between several markers of iron metabolism and incidence of METS. METHODS AND RESULTS Data from 3271 participants (1870 women, 51.3 ± 10.4 years), free of METS at baseline and followed for 5.5 years. The association of serum iron, ferritin and transferrin with incident METS was assessed separately by gender. Incidence of METS was 22.6% in men and 16.5% in women (p < 0.001). After multivariate adjustment, a positive association was found between transferrin and incident METS in men: odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval for the fourth relative to the first quartile 1.55 (1.04-2.31), p for trend = 0.03, while no association was found for iron OR = 0.81 (0.53-1.24), p for trend = 0.33 and ferritin OR = 1.30 (0.88-1.92), p for trend = 0.018. In women, a negative association was found between iron and incident METS: OR for the fourth relative to the first quartile 0.51 (0.33-0.80), p for trend<0.03; the association between transferrin and incident METS was borderline significant: OR = 1.45 (0.97-2.17), p for trend = 0.07 and no association was found for ferritin: OR = 1.11 (0.76-1.63), p for trend = 0.58. CONCLUSION Transferrin, not ferritin, is independently associated with an increased risk of incident METS; the protective effect of iron in women should be further explored.
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- N Kilani
- Department of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Evidence for the high importance of co-morbid factors in HFE C282Y/H63D patients cared by phlebotomies: results from an observational prospective study. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81128. [PMID: 24339903 PMCID: PMC3855242 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Despite type I haemochromatosis (HC) is mainly associated with the HFE C282Y/C282Y genotype, a second genotype -C282Y/H63D- has mostly been described in other patients. Its association with HC, apart from any associated co-morbid factors, remains unclear and complex to interpret for physicians. This study assesses the weight of this genotype and the role of co-morbid factors in the occurrence of iron overload. This prospective study included the C282Y/C282Y (n = 172) and C282Y/H63D (n = 58) patients enrolled in a phlebotomy program between 2004 and 2007 in a blood centre of western Brittany (Brest, France), where HC is frequent. We compared prevalence of these two genotypes, as well as patients' profile regarding degree of iron overload and prevalence of co-morbid factors. First, we confirmed the obvious deficit of C282Y/H63D compound heterozygotes among patients cared by phlebotomies. This genotype was 3.0 times less frequent than the C282Y/C282Y genotype among those patients (18.9% vs. 56.0%) whereas it was 4.9 times more frequent in the general population (4.3% vs. 0.9%; p<0.0001). Despite a similar level of hyperferritinaemia, the C282Y/H63D patients who came to medical attention had a milder plasma iron overload, reflected by a lower transferrin saturation median (52.0% vs. 84.0%; p<0.0001). They also exhibited more frequently co-morbid factors, as heavy drinking (26.0% vs. 13.9%; p = 0.0454), overweight (66.7% vs. 39.4%; p = 0.0005) or both (21.3% vs. 2.6%; p<0.0001). Ultimately, they required a lower amount of iron removed to reach depletion (2.1 vs. 3.4 g; p<0.0001), clearly reflecting their lower tissue iron. This study confirms that H63D is a discrete genetic susceptibility factor whose expression is most visible in association with other co-factors. It highlights the importance of searching for co-morbidities in these diagnostic situations and of providing lifestyle and dietary advice.
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