Ten SNPs May Affect Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Interaction with Prenatal Exposure to Chinese Famine

Increasing studies have demonstrated that gene and famine may interact on type 2 diabetes risk. The data derived from the cross-sectional 2010–2012 China National Nutrition and Health Survey (CNNHS) was examined to explore whether gene and famine interacted to influence type 2 diabetes risk. In total, 2216 subjects were involved. The subjects born in 1960 and 1961 were selected as the famine-exposed group, whereas subjects born in 1963 were selected as the unexposed group. A Mass Array system was used to detect the genotypes of 50 related single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Interactions were found between prenatal exposure to famine and ten SNPs (rs10401969, rs10886471, rs10946398, rs1470579, rs2796441, rs340874, rs3794991, rs5015480, rs7961581, and rs9470794) on type 2 diabetes risk after adjustments. The stratified results showed that famine exposure exacerbated the effect of CILP2-rs10401969 to fasting serum insulin (FINS), GRK5-rs10886471 to fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and FINS, IGF2BP2-rs1470579 to FINS, TLE1-rs2796441 to impaired fasting glucose (IFG), PROX1-rs340874 to impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), GATAD2A-rs3794991 to FINS, TSPAN8/LGR5-rs7961581 to FPG, and ZFAND3-rs9470794 to IGT and FINS. Famine exposure weakened the effect of CDKAL1-rs10946398 to type 2 diabetes. Famine exposure weakened the effect of HHEX-rs5015480 to IFG, but exacerbated the effect of HHEX-rs5015480 to FINS. The present study suggests that ten SNPs may affect type 2 diabetes risk in interaction with prenatal exposure to Chinese famine.