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Table 1 Summary of selected intervention and cohort studies on gene-diet interactions during the past two years

From: Gene-environment interactions and obesity: recent developments and future directions

Author

Study design

Genetic markers

Main findings

Qi et al. 2011[42]

Two years, intervention, n=738

IRS rs2943641

IRS1 genetic variants modified effects of dietary carbohydrate on weight loss

Mattei et al. 2012 [43]

Two years, intervention, n=591

TCF7L2 rs7903146

Dietary fat intake modified effect of TCF7L2 genotype on changes in BMI, total fat mass, and trunk fat mass

Qi et al. 2012 [44]

Two years, intervention, n=737

GIPR rs2287019

Dietary carbohydrate modified GIPR genotype effects on changes in body weight

Xu, et al. 2013 [23]

Two years, intervention, n=734

PPM1K rs1440581

Dietary fat modified genetic effects on changes in weight

Alsaleh et al, 2013 [25]

One year, intervention, n=367

ADIPOQ rs2241766

A diet high in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids modified the effects of rs2241766 on risk of obesity

Knoll et al 2012 [27]

One year, intervention, n=453

FAAH rs324420

The FAAH rs324420 AA/AC is not associated with weight loss in a 1-year lifestyle intervention for obese children and adolescents

de Luis et al, 2013 [26]

Three months intervention, n=305

FTO rs9939609

Metabolic improvement secondary to weight loss was better in A carriers with a low fat hypocaloric diet

Lai et al 2013 [45]

Four weeks intervention, n=88

Visfatin rs4730153

Visfatin rs4730153 homozygous GG Genotype may affect glucose and lipid metabolism in obese children and adolescents by reducing total triglyceride level and increasing insulin sensitivity to exercise

Qi et al 2012 [8]

Cohorts (NHS, HPFS, WGHS)

BMI-GRS

The genetic association with adiposity was stronger among participants with higher intake of sugar-sweetened beverages than among those with lower intake.

Qi et al 2012 [21]

Cohorts (NHS, HPFS)

BMI-GRS

Sedentary lifestyle may accentuate the predisposition to elevated adiposity, whereas greater leisure time physical activity may attenuate the genetic association.

Qi et al 2014 [6]

Cohorts (NHS, HPFS, WGHS)

BMI-GRS

Participants in the highest risk groups for both fried food and GRS had the highest BMI overall. Eating fried food more than four times a week had twice the effect on BMI for those in the highest third of GRS than those in the lowest third.

  1. GRS: genetic risk score, NHS: the Nurses' Health Study, HPFS: the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, WGHS, the Women's Genome Health Study.
  2. The GRS was calculated on the basis of 32 established BMI-associated variants.