Table 2

Association of BMI-independent leptin GRS1* with baseline lipids among overall, drinking and non-drinking participants of the FHS third generation cohort, respectively

Age, sex, BMI, waist circumference adjusted modelPinteraction Fully adjusted model Pinteraction §
Beta (SE)P valueBeta (SE)P value
HDL-C
 Overall5.42 (7.10)0.440.747.79 (7.11)0.270.71
 Not current drinkers20.42 (18.29)0.2622.22 (18.76)0.24
 Current drinkers6.00 (7.61)0.437.02 (7.64)0.36
LDL-C
 Overall−0.11 (16.09)0.990.79−1.09 (16.24)0.950.93
 Not current drinkers3.37 (48.63)0.94−4.18 (50.10)0.93
 Current drinkers−0.14 (17.10)0.99−1.80 (17.18)0.92
Log-TG
 Overall−0.66 (0.26)0.010.31−0.69 (0.26)0.0080.32
 Not current drinkers−1.41 (0.80)0.08−1.32 (0.82)0.11
 Current drinkers−0.58 (0.27)0.04−0.61 (0.27)0.03
Total cholesterol
 Overall−12.50 (18.21)0.490.96−12.58 (18.31)0.490.86
 Not current drinkers−15.20 (54.11)0.78−19.13 (55.66)0.73
 Current drinkers−10.20 (19.37)0.60−11.43 (19.42)0.56
  • *GRS1 for leptin was generated by summing leptin increasing alleles of three SNPs adjusted 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 circumference adjusted model among the overall participants.

  • ‡Adjusted for age, sex, education, smoking, drinking, BMI, waist circumference 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; SNPs, single-nucleotide polymorphisms.