Table 3

Association of BMI-dependent leptin GRS2* with baseline lipids among overall, drinking and non-drinking participants of the FHS third generation cohort, respectively

Age, sex, BMI, waistadjusted modelPinteraction Fully adjusted model‡Pinteraction §
Beta (SE)P valueBeta (SE)P value
HDL-C
 Overall−10.67 (6.20)0.090.56−10.98 (6.22)0.080.52
 Not current drinkers−0.69 (16.31)0.970.82 (16.55)0.96
 Current drinkers−12.15 (6.64)0.07−11.94 (6.68)0.07
LDL-C
 Overall−2.11 (14.05)0.880.03−2.81 (14.21)0.840.02
 Not current drinkers−92.51 (43.02)0.03−101.15 (43.78)0.02
 Current drinkers9.21 (14.91)0.547.89 (15.02)0.60
Log-TG
 Overall−0.59 (0.23)0.0090.03−0.59 (0.23)0.010.03
 Not current drinkers−2.07 (0.71)0.004−2.03 (0.72)0.005
 Current drinkers−0.40 (0.24)0.09−0.42 (0.24)0.08
Total cholesterol
 Overall−28.05 (15.91)0.080.02−28.74 (16.02)0.070.01
 Not current drinkers−144.68 (47.61)0.003−151.32 (48.37)0.002
 Current drinkers−13.19 (16.90)0.44−14.67 (16.98)0.39
  • *GRS2 for leptin was generated by summing leptin increasing alleles of three SNPs unadjusted for BMI, weighted by their corresponding effect sizes reported by Kilpelainen et al.

  • †Assessed by adding an interaction term, drinking×GRS along with the drinking variable to the age, sex, BMI and waist-adjusted model among the overall participants.

  • ‡Adjusted for age, sex, education, smoking, drinking, BMI, waist and physical activity among the overall sample.

  • §Assessed by adding an interaction term, drinking×GRS to the fully adjusted model among the overall participants.

  • BMI, body mass index; FHS, Framingham Heart Study; GRS, genetic risk score; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; log-TG, logarithmically transformed triglycerides; SE, standard error.