Interaction Between Dietary Iron Intake and Genetically Determined Iron Overload: Risk of Islet Autoimmunity and Progression to Type 1 Diabetes in the TEDDY Study

Steffen U Thorsen, Xiang Liu, Yachana Kataria, Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen, Simranjeet Kaur, Ulla Uusitalo, Suvi M Virtanen, Jill M Norris, Marian Rewers, William Hagopian, Jimin Yang, Jin-Xiong She, Beena Akolkar, Stephen Rich, Carin Andrén Aronsson, Åke Lernmark, Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, Jorma Toppari, Jeffrey Krischer, Hemang M ParikhChristina Ellervik, Jannet Svensson, Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) Group

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether iron intake and genetically determined iron overload interact in predisposing to the development of childhood islet autoimmunity (IA) and type 1 diabetes (T1D).

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: In The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study, 7,770 genetically high-risk children were followed from birth until the development of IA and progression to T1D. Exposures included energy-adjusted iron intake in the first 3 years of life and a genetic risk score (GRS) for increased circulating iron.

RESULTS: We found a U-shaped association between iron intake and risk of GAD antibody as the first autoantibody. In children with GRS ≥2 iron risk alleles, high iron intake was associated with an increased risk of IA, with insulin as first autoantibody (adjusted hazard ratio 1.71 [95% CI 1.14; 2.58]) compared with moderate iron intake.

CONCLUSIONS: Iron intake may alter the risk of IA in children with high-risk HLA haplogenotypes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1014-1018
JournalDiabetes Care
Volume46
Issue number5
Early online date2023 Mar 3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Endocrinology and Diabetes

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