Unraveling the link between plasma caffeine concentrations and inflammatory bowel disease risk through Mendelian randomization
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION(2024)
Abstract
Background: Caffeine is believed to possess anti-inflammatory properties, yet direct population -based evidence regarding its impact on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains scarce. Objectives: In this study, we used 2 -sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to investigate the causal relationship between long-term plasma caffeine concentrations and IBD and its subtypes, ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn disease (CD). Methods: We used single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with plasma caffeine concentrations at genome-wide significance within a +/- 100 -kb range around the CYP1A2 or AHR genes as instrumental variables. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) data for IBD and its subtypes were obtained from FinnGen and International Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Consortium. We conducted a meta -analysis of MR -related SNPs from both sources and used a multiplicative inverse variance-weighted random effects model to combine the effects of each SNP proxy on exposure to outcomes. Results: In our study, genetically predicted higher plasma caffeine concentrations were associated with a lower risk of IBD, with an odds ratio (OR) of 0.78 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.66, 0.91; PFDR = 0.004). This trend was also observed in UC and CD, with ORs of 0.79 (95% CI: 0.66, 0.94; PFDR = 0.014) and 0.78 (95% CI: 0.62, 0.98; PFDR = 0.032), respectively. Conclusion: Our study indicates a potential causal link between genetically predicted higher plasma caffeine concentrations and a reduced risk of IBD, including its subtypes UC and CD.
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Key words
caffeine,inflammatory bowel disease,ulcerative colitis,Crohn disease,Mendelian randomization
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