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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Carlos Celis Morales, Professor John Mathers, Professor Lorraine Brennan
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Background: It is hypothesised that individuals with knowledge of their genetic risk are more likely to make health-promoting dietary and lifestyle changes. The present study aims to test this hypothesis using data from the Food4Me study. This was a 6-month Internet-based randomised controlled trial conducted across seven centres in Europe where individuals received either general healthy eating advice or varying levels of personalised nutrition advice. Participants who received genotype-based personalised advice were informed whether they had the risk (CT/TT) (n = 178) or non-risk (CC) (n = 141) alleles of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene in relation to cardiovascular health and the importance of a sufficient intake of folate. General linear model analysis was used to assess changes in folate intake between the MTHFR risk, MTHFR non-risk and control groups from baseline to month 6 of the intervention.Results: There were no differences between the groups for age, gender or BMI. However, there was a significant difference in country distribution between the groups (p = 0.010). Baseline folate intakes were 412 +/- 172, 391 +/- 190 and 410 +/- 186 mu g per 10 MJ for the risk, non-risk and control groups, respectively. There were no significant differences between the three groups in terms of changes in folate intakes from baseline to month 6. Similarly, there were no changes in reported intake of food groups high in folate.Conclusions: These results suggest that knowledge of MTHFR 677C -> T genotype did not improve folate intake in participants with the risk variant compared with those with the non-risk variant.
Author(s): O'Donovan CB, Walsh MC, Forster H, Woolhead C, Celis-Morales C, Fallaize R, Macready AL, Marsaux CFM, Navas-Carretero S, San-Cristobal R, Kolossa S, Mavrogianni C, Lambrinou CP, Moschonis G, Godlewska M, Surwillo A, Bouwman J, Grimaldi K, Traczyk I, Drevon CA, Daniel H, Manios Y, Martinez JA, Saris WHM, Lovegrove JA, Mathers JC, Gibney MJ, Brennan L, Gibney ER
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Genes & Nutrition
Year: 2016
Volume: 11
Online publication date: 29/09/2016
Acceptance date: 03/08/2016
Date deposited: 03/01/2017
ISSN (electronic): 1865-3499
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12263-016-0539-x
DOI: 10.1186/s12263-016-0539-x
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