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Body mass index and breast cancer survival: a Mendelian randomization analysis.

Qi Guo ,
Stephen Burgess ,
Constance Turman ,
Manjeet K Bolla ,
Qin Wang ,
Michael Lush ,
Jean Abraham ,
Kristiina Aittomäki ,
Irene L Andrulis ,
Carmel Apicella ,
Volker Arndt ,
Myrto Barrdahl ,
Javier Benitez ,
Christine D Berg ,
Carl Blomqvist ,
Stig E Bojesen ,
Bernardo Bonanni ,
Judith S Brand ,
Hermann Brenner ,
Annegien Broeks ,
Barbara Burwinkel ,
Carlos Caldas ,
Daniele Campa ,
Federico Canzian ,
Jenny Chang-Claude ,
Stephen J Chanock ,
Suet-Feung Chin ,
Fergus J Couch ,
Angela Cox ,
Simon S Cross ,
Cezary Cybulski ,
Kamila Czene ,
Hatef Darabi ,
Peter Devilee ,
W Ryan Diver ,
Alison M Dunning ,
Helena M Earl ,
Diana M Eccles ,
Arif B Ekici ,
Mikael Eriksson ,
D Gareth Evans ,
Peter A Fasching ,
Jonine Figueroa ,
Dieter Flesch-Janys ,
Henrik Flyger ,
Susan M Gapstur ,
Mia M Gaudet ,
Graham G Giles ,
Gord Glendon ,
Mervi Grip ,
Jacek Gronwald ,
Lothar Haeberle ,
Christopher A Haiman ,
Per Hall ,
Ute Hamann ,
Susan Hankinson ,
Jaana M Hartikainen ,
Alexander Hein ,
Louise Hiller ,
Frans B Hogervorst ,
Bernd Holleczek ,
Maartje J Hooning ,
Robert N Hoover ,
Keith Humphreys ,
David J Hunter ,
Anika Hüsing ,
Anna Jakubowska ,
Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen ,
Rudolf Kaaks ,
Maria Kabisch ,
Vesa Kataja ,
,
Julia A Knight ,
Linetta B Koppert ,
Veli-Matti Kosma ,
Vessela N Kristensen ,
Diether Lambrechts ,
Loic Le Marchand ,
Jingmei Li ,
Annika Lindblom ,
Sara Lindström ,
Jolanta Lissowska ,
Jan Lubinski ,
Mitchell J Machiela ,
Arto Mannermaa ,
Siranoush Manoukian ,
Sara Margolin ,
Federik Marme ,
John W M Martens ,
Catriona McLean ,
Primitiva Menéndez ,
Roger L Milne ,
Anna Marie Mulligan ,
Taru A Muranen ,
Heli Nevanlinna ,
Patrick Neven ,
Sune F Nielsen ,
Børge G Nordestgaard ,
Janet E Olson ,
Jose I A Perez ,
Paolo Peterlongo ,
Kelly-Anne Phillips ,
Christopher J Poole ,
Katri Pylkäs ,
Paolo Radice ,
Nazneen Rahman ,
Thomas Rüdiger ,
Anja Rudolph ,
Elinor J Sawyer ,
Fredrick Schumacher ,
Petra Seibold ,
Caroline Seynaeve ,
Mitul Shah ,
Ann Smeets ,
Melissa C Southey ,
Rob A E M Tollenaar ,
Ian Tomlinson ,
Helen Tsimiklis ,
Hans-Ulrich Ulmer ,
Celine Vachon ,
Ans M W van den Ouweland ,
Laura J Van't Veer ,
Hans Wildiers ,
Walter Willett ,
Robert Winqvist ,
M Pilar Zamora ,
Georgia Chenevix-Trench ,
Thilo Dörk ,
Douglas F Easton ,
Montserrat García-Closas ,
Peter Kraft ,
John L Hopper ,
Wei Zheng ,
Marjanka K Schmidt ,
Paul D P Pharoah

Abstract

METHODS

We used individual-level data from six large breast cancer case-cohorts including a total of 36 210 individuals (2475 events) of European ancestry. We created a BMI genetic risk score (GRS) based on genotypes at 94 known BMI-associated genetic variants. Association between the BMI genetic score and breast cancer survival was analysed by Cox regression for each study separately. Study-specific hazard ratios were pooled using fixed-effect meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS

Our findings suggest a causal effect of increased BMI on reduced breast cancer survival for ER-positive breast cancer. There is no evidence of a causal effect of higher BMI on survival for ER-negative breast cancer cases.

RESULTS

BMI genetic score was found to be associated with reduced breast cancer-specific survival for estrogen receptor (ER)-positive cases [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.11, per one-unit increment of GRS, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-1.22, P = 0.03). We observed no association for ER-negative cases (HR = 1.00, per one-unit increment of GRS, 95% CI 0.89-1.13, P = 0.95).

BACKGROUND

There is increasing evidence that elevated body mass index (BMI) is associated with reduced survival for women with breast cancer. However, the underlying reasons remain unclear. We conducted a Mendelian randomization analysis to investigate a possible causal role of BMI in survival from breast cancer.

More about this publication

International journal of epidemiology

Volume 46
Issue nr. 6
Pages 1814-1822
Publication date 01-12-2017

Full text links

Publisher website (DOI) 10.1093/ije/dyx131
Europe PubMed Central 29232439
Pubmed 29232439

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