PMID- 33633270 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211213 LR - 20211214 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Feb 25 TI - Association of mitochondrial DNA copy number with prevalent and incident type 2 diabetes in women: A population-based follow-up study. PG - 4608 LID - 10.1038/s41598-021-84132-w [doi] LID - 4608 AB - Mitochondrial dysfunction is an important factor of the aging process and may play a key role in various diseases. Mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNA-CN) is an indirect measure of mitochondrial dysfunction and is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM); however, whether mtDNA-CN can predict the risk of developing T2DM is not well-known. We quantified absolute mtDNA-CN in both prevalent and incident T2DM by well-optimized droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) method in a population-based follow-up study of middle aged (50-59 years) Swedish women (n = 2387). The median follow-up period was 17 years. Compared to those who were free of T2DM, mtDNA-CN was significantly lower in both prevalent T2DM and in women who developed T2DM during the follow-up period. Mitochondrial DNA-copy number was also associated with glucose intolerance, systolic blood pressure, smoking status and education. In multivariable Cox regression analysis, lower baseline mtDNA-CN was prospectively associated with a higher risk of T2DM, independent of age, BMI, education, smoking status and physical activity. Moreover, interaction term analysis showed that smoking increased the effect of low mtDNA-CN at baseline on the risk of incident T2DM. Mitochondrial DNA-copy number may be a risk factor of T2DM in women. The clinical usefulness of mtDNA-CN to predict the future risk of T2DM warrants further investigation. FAU - Memon, Ashfaque A AU - Memon AA AD - Wallenberg Laboratory, Center for Primary Health Care Research, Skane University Hospital, Lund University/Region Skane, 6th Floor, Inga Marie Nilsson's gata 53, 20502, Malmo, Sweden. ashfaque.memon@med.lu.se. FAU - Sundquist, Jan AU - Sundquist J AD - Wallenberg Laboratory, Center for Primary Health Care Research, Skane University Hospital, Lund University/Region Skane, 6th Floor, Inga Marie Nilsson's gata 53, 20502, Malmo, Sweden. FAU - Hedelius, Anna AU - Hedelius A AD - Wallenberg Laboratory, Center for Primary Health Care Research, Skane University Hospital, Lund University/Region Skane, 6th Floor, Inga Marie Nilsson's gata 53, 20502, Malmo, Sweden. FAU - Palmer, Karolina AU - Palmer K AD - Wallenberg Laboratory, Center for Primary Health Care Research, Skane University Hospital, Lund University/Region Skane, 6th Floor, Inga Marie Nilsson's gata 53, 20502, Malmo, Sweden. FAU - Wang, Xiao AU - Wang X AD - Wallenberg Laboratory, Center for Primary Health Care Research, Skane University Hospital, Lund University/Region Skane, 6th Floor, Inga Marie Nilsson's gata 53, 20502, Malmo, Sweden. FAU - Sundquist, Kristina AU - Sundquist K AD - Wallenberg Laboratory, Center for Primary Health Care Research, Skane University Hospital, Lund University/Region Skane, 6th Floor, Inga Marie Nilsson's gata 53, 20502, Malmo, Sweden. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210225 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (DNA, Mitochondrial) SB - IM MH - DNA Copy Number Variations/*genetics MH - DNA, Mitochondrial/*genetics MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*epidemiology/genetics MH - Female MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics MH - Glucose Intolerance/genetics MH - Humans MH - Incidence MH - Kaplan-Meier Estimate MH - Middle Aged MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Prevalence MH - Proportional Hazards Models MH - Risk Factors MH - Sweden/epidemiology PMC - PMC7907271 COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2021/02/27 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2021/02/25 CRDT- 2021/02/26 05:58 PHST- 2020/04/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/01/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/26 05:58 [entrez] PHST- 2021/02/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/02/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-021-84132-w [pii] AID - 84132 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-021-84132-w [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 25;11(1):4608. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84132-w.