The EPIC-Norfolk Study
Association of Plasma Vitamin D Metabolites With Incident Type 2 Diabetes: EPIC-InterAct Case-Cohort Study.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2018 ; 104: 1293-1303.
Zheng JS, Imamura F, Sharp SJ, van der Schouw YT, Sluijs I, Gundersen TE, Ardanaz E, Boeing H, Bonet C, Gómez JH, Dow C, Fagherazzi G, Franks PW, Jenab M, Kühn T, Kaaks R, Key TJ, Khaw KT, Lasheras C, Mokoroa O, Mancini FR, Nilsson PM, Overvad K, Panico S, Palli D, Rolandsson O, Sieri S, Salamanca-Fernández E, Sacerdote C, Spijkerman AMW, Stepien M, Tjonneland A, Tumino R, Butterworth AS, Riboli E, Danesh J, Langenberg C, Forouhi NG, and Wareham NJ
DOI : 10.1210/jc.2018-01522
PubMed ID : 30418614
PMCID : PMC6397435
URL : https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/104/4/1293/5167366
Abstract
Existing evidence for the prospective association of vitamin D status with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is focused almost exclusively on circulating total 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] without distinction between its subtypes: nonepimeric and epimeric 25(OH)D3 stereoisomers, and 25(OH)D2, the minor component of 25(OH)D. We aimed to investigate the prospective associations of circulating levels of the sum and each of these three metabolites with incident T2D.
This analysis in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-InterAct case-cohort study for T2D included 9671 incident T2D cases and 13,562 subcohort members. Plasma vitamin D metabolites were quantified by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. We used a multivariable Prentice-weighted Cox regression to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) of T2D for each metabolite. Analyses were performed separately within country, and estimates were combined across countries using random-effects meta-analysis.
The mean concentrations (SD) of total 25(OH)D, nonepimeric 25(OH)D3, epimeric 25(OH)D3, and 25(OH)D2 were 41.1 (17.2), 40.7 (17.3), 2.13 (1.31), and 8.16 (6.52) nmol/L, respectively. Plasma total 25(OH)D and nonepimeric 25(OH)D3 were inversely associated with incident T2D [multivariable-adjusted HR per 1 SD = 0.81 (95% CI, 0.77, 0.86) for both variables], whereas epimeric 25(OH)D3 was positively associated [per 1 SD HR = 1.16 (1.09, 1.25)]. There was no statistically significant association with T2D for 25(OH)D2 [per 1 SD HR = 0.94 (0.76, 1.18)].
Plasma nonepimeric 25(OH)D3 was inversely associated with incident T2D, consistent with it being the major metabolite contributing to total 25(OH)D. The positive association of the epimeric form of 25(OH)D3 with incident T2D provides novel information to assess the biological relevance of vitamin D epimerization and vitamin D subtypes in diabetes etiology.
Study : EPIC-InterAct