肌肉特征,sarcopenia,和sarcopenic肥胖症:一个维生素D 门德尔随机化研究
Joshua P Sutherland1, Ang Zhou1,2,3, Elina Hyppönen1,2
1Australian Centre for Precision Health, Unit of Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, Australia.
Nutrients
|June 28, 2023
概括
较高的维生素D水平与更好的骨肌肉强度和质量有因果关系. 虽然没有降低形肥胖风险,但维生素D的充足量可能会对抗与年龄相关的肌肉衰弱.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 观察性研究将维生素D缺乏与肌肉疾病联系起来.
- 杀死维生素D受体的小鼠证实了维生素在骨肌肉中的作用.
- 由于试验的局限性,人类的因果推断在伦理上具有挑战性.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用遗传方法,研究25...OH) D度与骨肌肉特征之间的因果关系.
- 为了探索与可能的缩症和缩性肥胖症的关联.
- 在试验中提供安全的因果洞察,而无需直接操纵维生素D.
主要方法:
- 使用英国生物库数据 (多达307,281名参与者) 进行了门德尔随机化 (MR) 分析.
- 35个基因变异被用于仪器25(OH) D水平.
- 分析包括握力的强度,骨肌肉质量,可能的皮症和皮性肥胖症.
主要成果:
- 基因预测较高的25(OH) D与更大的握力 (每10单位增加0.11公斤) 和适度的骨肌肉质量增加 (0.01公斤) 相关.
- 暗示性证据表明,较高25(OH) D (OR 0.96) 的可能性较低,较高的25(OH) D (OR 0.96) 的可能性较低.
- 这种关联在非肥胖的可能的肉病例中观察到,但在肉肥胖症中没有观察到.
结论:
- 这项研究支持25~OH) D与骨肌肉健康之间存在因果关系.
- 维生素D的充足可能有助于减少与年龄相关的肌肉衰弱.
- 预防维生素D缺乏症可能是维持肌肉功能的一种策略.
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