Effect modification of FADS2 polymorphisms on the association between breastfeeding and intelligence: results from a collaborative meta-analysis

Fernando Pires Hartwig; Neil Martin Davies; Bernardo Lessa Horta; Tarunveer S Ahluwalia; Hans Bisgaard; Klaus Bønnelykke; Avshalom Caspi; Terrie E Moffitt; Richie Poulton; Ayesha Sajjad; Henning W Tiemeier; Albert Dalmau-Bueno; Mònica Guxens; Mariona Bustamante; Loreto Santa-Marina; Nadine Parker; Tomáš Paus; Zdenka Pausova; Lotte Lauritzen; Theresia Maria Schnurr; Kim F. Michaelsen; Torben Hansen; Wendy Oddy; Craig E Pennell; Nicole M Warrington; George Davey Smith; Cesar Gomes Victora

doi:10.1093/ije/dyy273

Effect modification of FADS2 polymorphisms on the association between breastfeeding and intelligence: results from a collaborative meta-analysis

Fernando Pires Hartwig, Neil Martin Davies, Bernardo Lessa Horta, Tarunveer S Ahluwalia, Hans Bisgaard, Klaus Bønnelykke, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E Moffitt, Richie Poulton, Ayesha Sajjad, Henning W Tiemeier, Albert Dalmau-Bueno, Mònica Guxens, Mariona Bustamante, Loreto Santa-Marina, Nadine Parker, Tomáš Paus, Zdenka Pausova, Lotte Lauritzen, Theresia Maria SchnurrKim F. Michaelsen, Torben Hansen, Wendy Oddy, Craig E Pennell, Nicole M Warrington, George Davey Smith, Cesar Gomes Victora

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Background: Accumulating evidence suggests that breastfeeding benefits children's intelligence, possibly due to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) present in breast milk. Under a nutritional adequacy hypothesis, an interaction between breastfeeding and genetic variants associated with endogenous LC-PUFAs synthesis might be expected. However, the literature on this topic is controversial. Methods: We investigated this gene × environment interaction through a collaborative effort. The primary analysis involved >12 000 individuals and used ever breastfeeding, FADS2 polymorphisms rs174575 and rs1535 coded assuming a recessive effect of the G allele, and intelligence quotient (IQ) in Z scores. Results: There was no strong evidence of interaction, with pooled covariate-adjusted interaction coefficients (i.e. difference between genetic groups of the difference in IQ Z scores comparing ever with never breastfed individuals) of 0.12[(95% confidence interval (CI): -0.19; 0.43] and 0.06 (95% CI: -0.16; 0.27) for the rs174575 and rs1535 variants, respectively. Secondary analyses corroborated these results. In studies with -5.85 and <5.85months of breastfeeding duration, pooled estimates for the rs174575 variant were 0.50 (95% CI: -0.06; 1.06) and 0.14 (95% CI: -0.10; 0.38), respectively, and 0.27 (95% CI: -0.28; 0.82) and -0.01 (95% CI: -0.19; 0.16) for the rs1535 variant. Conclusions: Our findings did not support an interaction between ever breastfeeding and FADS2 polymorphisms. However, subgroup analysis suggested that breastfeeding may supply LC-PUFAs requirements for cognitive development if breastfeeding lasts for some (currently unknown) time. Future studies in large individual-level datasets would allow properly powered subgroup analyses and further improve our understanding on the breastfeeding × FADS2 interaction.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	International Journal of Epidemiology
Vol/bind	48
Udgave nummer	1
Sider (fra-til)	45-57
Antal sider	13
ISSN	0300-5771
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy273
Status	Udgivet - 1 feb. 2019

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Hartwig, F. P., Davies, N. M., Horta, B. L., Ahluwalia, T. S., Bisgaard, H., Bønnelykke, K., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T. E., Poulton, R., Sajjad, A., Tiemeier, H. W., Dalmau-Bueno, A., Guxens, M., Bustamante, M., Santa-Marina, L., Parker, N., Paus, T., Pausova, Z., Lauritzen, L., ... Victora, C. G. (2019). Effect modification of FADS2 polymorphisms on the association between breastfeeding and intelligence: results from a collaborative meta-analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology, 48(1), 45-57. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy273

Effect modification of FADS2 polymorphisms on the association between breastfeeding and intelligence: results from a collaborative meta-analysis. / Hartwig, Fernando Pires; Davies, Neil Martin; Horta, Bernardo Lessa et al.
I: International Journal of Epidemiology, Bind 48, Nr. 1, 01.02.2019, s. 45-57.

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Hartwig, FP, Davies, NM, Horta, BL, Ahluwalia, TS, Bisgaard, H, Bønnelykke, K, Caspi, A, Moffitt, TE, Poulton, R, Sajjad, A, Tiemeier, HW, Dalmau-Bueno, A, Guxens, M, Bustamante, M, Santa-Marina, L, Parker, N, Paus, T, Pausova, Z, Lauritzen, L, Schnurr, TM, Michaelsen, KF , Hansen, T, Oddy, W, Pennell, CE, Warrington, NM, Davey Smith, G & Victora, CG 2019, 'Effect modification of FADS2 polymorphisms on the association between breastfeeding and intelligence: results from a collaborative meta-analysis', International Journal of Epidemiology, bind 48, nr. 1, s. 45-57. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy273

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Effect modification of FADS2 polymorphisms on the association between breastfeeding and intelligence: results from a collaborative meta-analysis

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