Genetic investigation into the broad health implications of caffeine: evidence from phenome-wide, proteome-wide and metabolome-wide Mendelian randomization.

Caffeine Mendelian randomization Obesity Osteoarthritis Phenome-wide association study

Journal

BMC medicine
ISSN: 1741-7015
Titre abrégé: BMC Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101190723

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 Feb 2024
Historique:
received: 28 08 2023
accepted: 12 02 2024
medline: 21 2 2024
pubmed: 21 2 2024
entrez: 20 2 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Caffeine is one of the most utilized drugs in the world, yet its clinical effects are not fully understood. Circulating caffeine levels are influenced by the interplay between consumption behaviour and metabolism. This study aimed to investigate the effects of circulating caffeine levels by considering genetically predicted variation in caffeine metabolism. Leveraging genetic variants related to caffeine metabolism that affect its circulating levels, we investigated the clinical effects of plasma caffeine in a phenome-wide association study (PheWAS). We validated novel findings using a two-sample Mendelian randomization framework and explored the potential mechanisms underlying these effects in proteome-wide and metabolome-wide Mendelian randomization. Higher levels of genetically predicted circulating caffeine among caffeine consumers were associated with a lower risk of obesity (odds ratio (OR) per standard deviation increase in caffeine = 0.97, 95% confidence interval (CI) CI: 0.95-0.98, p = 2.47 × 10 We report novel evidence suggesting that long-term increases in circulating caffeine may reduce bodyweight and the risk of osteoarthrosis and osteoarthritis. We confirm prior genetic evidence of a protective effect of plasma caffeine on risk of overweight and obesity. Further clinical study is warranted to understand the translational relevance of these findings before clinical practice or lifestyle interventions related to caffeine consumption are introduced.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Caffeine is one of the most utilized drugs in the world, yet its clinical effects are not fully understood. Circulating caffeine levels are influenced by the interplay between consumption behaviour and metabolism. This study aimed to investigate the effects of circulating caffeine levels by considering genetically predicted variation in caffeine metabolism.
METHODS METHODS
Leveraging genetic variants related to caffeine metabolism that affect its circulating levels, we investigated the clinical effects of plasma caffeine in a phenome-wide association study (PheWAS). We validated novel findings using a two-sample Mendelian randomization framework and explored the potential mechanisms underlying these effects in proteome-wide and metabolome-wide Mendelian randomization.
RESULTS RESULTS
Higher levels of genetically predicted circulating caffeine among caffeine consumers were associated with a lower risk of obesity (odds ratio (OR) per standard deviation increase in caffeine = 0.97, 95% confidence interval (CI) CI: 0.95-0.98, p = 2.47 × 10
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
We report novel evidence suggesting that long-term increases in circulating caffeine may reduce bodyweight and the risk of osteoarthrosis and osteoarthritis. We confirm prior genetic evidence of a protective effect of plasma caffeine on risk of overweight and obesity. Further clinical study is warranted to understand the translational relevance of these findings before clinical practice or lifestyle interventions related to caffeine consumption are introduced.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38378567
doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03298-y
pii: 10.1186/s12916-024-03298-y
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

81

Subventions

Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : (225790/Z/22/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MC_UU_00002/7
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : British Heart Foundation
ID : RE/18/4/34215
Pays : United Kingdom

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Loukas Zagkos (L)

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Héléne T Cronjé (HT)

Department of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Benjamin Woolf (B)

School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Roxane de La Harpe (R)

Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Stephen Burgess (S)

Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Christos S Mantzoros (CS)

Department of Medicine, Boston VA Healthcare System and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

Paul Elliott (P)

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
United Kingdom Dementia Research Institute at Imperial College London, London, UK.
British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Shuai Yuan (S)

Unit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Susanna C Larsson (SC)

Unit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Unit of Medical Epidemiology, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Ioanna Tzoulaki (I)

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
United Kingdom Dementia Research Institute at Imperial College London, London, UK.
British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Division of Systems Biology, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Dipender Gill (D)

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. dipender.gill@imperial.ac.uk.
British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence, Imperial College London, London, UK. dipender.gill@imperial.ac.uk.

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