孟德尔随机化
性激素结合球蛋白
睾酮(贴片)
体质指数
内分泌学
内科学
瘦体质量
体脂百分比
肥胖
医学
腰围
生物
生理学
雄激素
激素
遗传学
体重
基因型
遗传变异
基因
作者
Yoshihiro Ikehata,Tsuyoshi Hachiya,Takuya Kobayashi,Hisamitsu Ide,Shigeo Horie
标识
DOI:10.3389/fendo.2023.1277393
摘要
Background Testosterone is an essential sex hormone that plays a vital role in the overall health and development of males. It is well known that obesity decreases testosterone levels, but it is difficult to determine the causal relationship between body composition and testosterone. Methods To investigate potential causal associations between body composition and testosterone levels by a first time application of Mendelian randomization methods. Exposure variables in men included body composition (fat mass, fat-free mass, and body mass index). In addition to whole body fat and fat-free mass, we examined fat and fat-free mass for each body part (e.g., trunk, left arm, right arm, left leg and right leg) as exposures. Instrumental variables were defined using genome-wide association study data from the UK Biobank. Outcome variables in men included testosterone levels (total testosterone [TT], bioavailable testosterone [BT], and sex hormone-binding globulin [SHBG]). A one-sample Mendelian randomization analysis of inverse-variance weighted and weighted median was performed. Results The number of genetic instruments for the 13 exposure traits related to body composition ranged from 156 to 540. Genetically predicted whole body fat mass was negatively associated with TT (β=-0.24, P=5.2×10- 33 ), BT (β=-0.18, P=5.8×10- 20 ) and SHBG (β=-0.06, P=8.0×10- 9 ). Genetically predicted whole body fat-free mass was negatively associated with BT (β=-0.04, P=2.1×10-4), but not with TT and SHBG, after multiple testing corrections. When comparing the causal effect on testosterone levels, there was a consistent trend that the effect of fat mass was more potent than that of fat-free mass. There were no differences between body parts. Conclusion These results show that reducing fat mass may increase testosterone levels.
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