Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts.

<h4>Background</h4>Smokers tend to weigh less than never smokers, while successful quitting leads to an increase in body weight. Because smokers and non-smokers may differ in genetic and environmental family background, we analysed data from twin pairs in which the co-twins differed by t...

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Main Authors: Maarit Piirtola, Aline Jelenkovic, Antti Latvala, Reijo Sund, Chika Honda, Fujio Inui, Mikio Watanabe, Rie Tomizawa, Yoshinori Iwatani, Juan R Ordoñana, Juan F Sánchez-Romera, Lucia Colodro-Conde, Adam D Tarnoki, David L Tarnoki, Nicholas G Martin, Grant W Montgomery, Sarah E Medland, Finn Rasmussen, Per Tynelius, Qihua Tan, Dongfeng Zhang, Zengchang Pang, Esther Rebato, Maria A Stazi, Corrado Fagnani, Sonia Brescianini, Andreas Busjahn, Jennifer R Harris, Ingunn Brandt, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Tessa L Cutler, John L Hopper, Robin P Corley, Brooke M Huibregtse, Joohon Sung, Jina Kim, Jooyeon Lee, Sooji Lee, Margaret Gatz, David A Butler, Carol E Franz, William S Kremen, Michael J Lyons, Patrik K E Magnusson, Nancy L Pedersen, Anna K Dahl Aslan, Sevgi Y Öncel, Fazil Aliev, Catherine A Derom, Robert F Vlietinck, Ruth J F Loos, Judy L Silberg, Hermine H Maes, Dorret I Boomsma, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Tellervo Korhonen, Jaakko Kaprio, Karri Silventoinen
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author Maarit Piirtola
Aline Jelenkovic
Antti Latvala
Reijo Sund
Chika Honda
Fujio Inui
Mikio Watanabe
Rie Tomizawa
Yoshinori Iwatani
Juan R Ordoñana
Juan F Sánchez-Romera
Lucia Colodro-Conde
Adam D Tarnoki
David L Tarnoki
Nicholas G Martin
Grant W Montgomery
Sarah E Medland
Finn Rasmussen
Per Tynelius
Qihua Tan
Dongfeng Zhang
Zengchang Pang
Esther Rebato
Maria A Stazi
Corrado Fagnani
Sonia Brescianini
Andreas Busjahn
Jennifer R Harris
Ingunn Brandt
Thomas Sevenius Nilsen
Tessa L Cutler
John L Hopper
Robin P Corley
Brooke M Huibregtse
Joohon Sung
Jina Kim
Jooyeon Lee
Sooji Lee
Margaret Gatz
David A Butler
Carol E Franz
William S Kremen
Michael J Lyons
Patrik K E Magnusson
Nancy L Pedersen
Anna K Dahl Aslan
Sevgi Y Öncel
Fazil Aliev
Catherine A Derom
Robert F Vlietinck
Ruth J F Loos
Judy L Silberg
Hermine H Maes
Dorret I Boomsma
Thorkild I A Sørensen
Tellervo Korhonen
Jaakko Kaprio
Karri Silventoinen
author_facet Maarit Piirtola
Aline Jelenkovic
Antti Latvala
Reijo Sund
Chika Honda
Fujio Inui
Mikio Watanabe
Rie Tomizawa
Yoshinori Iwatani
Juan R Ordoñana
Juan F Sánchez-Romera
Lucia Colodro-Conde
Adam D Tarnoki
David L Tarnoki
Nicholas G Martin
Grant W Montgomery
Sarah E Medland
Finn Rasmussen
Per Tynelius
Qihua Tan
Dongfeng Zhang
Zengchang Pang
Esther Rebato
Maria A Stazi
Corrado Fagnani
Sonia Brescianini
Andreas Busjahn
Jennifer R Harris
Ingunn Brandt
Thomas Sevenius Nilsen
Tessa L Cutler
John L Hopper
Robin P Corley
Brooke M Huibregtse
Joohon Sung
Jina Kim
Jooyeon Lee
Sooji Lee
Margaret Gatz
David A Butler
Carol E Franz
William S Kremen
Michael J Lyons
Patrik K E Magnusson
Nancy L Pedersen
Anna K Dahl Aslan
Sevgi Y Öncel
Fazil Aliev
Catherine A Derom
Robert F Vlietinck
Ruth J F Loos
Judy L Silberg
Hermine H Maes
Dorret I Boomsma
Thorkild I A Sørensen
Tellervo Korhonen
Jaakko Kaprio
Karri Silventoinen
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description <h4>Background</h4>Smokers tend to weigh less than never smokers, while successful quitting leads to an increase in body weight. Because smokers and non-smokers may differ in genetic and environmental family background, we analysed data from twin pairs in which the co-twins differed by their smoking behaviour to evaluate if the association between smoking and body mass index (BMI) remains after controlling for family background.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>The international CODATwins database includes information on smoking and BMI measured between 1960 and 2012 from 156,593 twin individuals 18-69 years of age. Individual-based data (230,378 measurements) and data of smoking discordant twin pairs (altogether 30,014 pairwise measurements, 36% from monozygotic [MZ] pairs) were analysed with linear fixed-effects regression models by 10-year periods. In MZ pairs, the smoking co-twin had, on average, 0.57 kg/m2 lower BMI in men (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.49, 0.70) and 0.65 kg/m2 lower BMI in women (95% CI: 0.52, 0.79) than the never smoking co-twin. Former smokers had 0.70 kg/m2 higher BMI among men (95% CI: 0.63, 0.78) and 0.62 kg/m2 higher BMI among women (95% CI: 0.51, 0.73) than their currently smoking MZ co-twins. Little difference in BMI was observed when comparing former smoking co-twins with their never smoking MZ co-twins (0.13 kg/m2, 95% CI 0.04, 0.23 among men; -0.04 kg/m2, 95% CI -0.16, 0.09 among women). The associations were similar within dizygotic pairs and when analysing twins as individuals. The observed series of cross-sectional associations were independent of sex, age, and measurement decade.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Smoking is associated with lower BMI and smoking cessation with higher BMI. However, the net effect of smoking and subsequent cessation on weight development appears to be minimal, i.e. never more than an average of 0.7 kg/m2.
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spelling doaj-art-ad481e1eec1846b88be11db23d4fe8fd2025-08-20T02:54:54ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01137e020014010.1371/journal.pone.0200140Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts.Maarit PiirtolaAline JelenkovicAntti LatvalaReijo SundChika HondaFujio InuiMikio WatanabeRie TomizawaYoshinori IwataniJuan R OrdoñanaJuan F Sánchez-RomeraLucia Colodro-CondeAdam D TarnokiDavid L TarnokiNicholas G MartinGrant W MontgomerySarah E MedlandFinn RasmussenPer TyneliusQihua TanDongfeng ZhangZengchang PangEsther RebatoMaria A StaziCorrado FagnaniSonia BrescianiniAndreas BusjahnJennifer R HarrisIngunn BrandtThomas Sevenius NilsenTessa L CutlerJohn L HopperRobin P CorleyBrooke M HuibregtseJoohon SungJina KimJooyeon LeeSooji LeeMargaret GatzDavid A ButlerCarol E FranzWilliam S KremenMichael J LyonsPatrik K E MagnussonNancy L PedersenAnna K Dahl AslanSevgi Y ÖncelFazil AlievCatherine A DeromRobert F VlietinckRuth J F LoosJudy L SilbergHermine H MaesDorret I BoomsmaThorkild I A SørensenTellervo KorhonenJaakko KaprioKarri Silventoinen<h4>Background</h4>Smokers tend to weigh less than never smokers, while successful quitting leads to an increase in body weight. Because smokers and non-smokers may differ in genetic and environmental family background, we analysed data from twin pairs in which the co-twins differed by their smoking behaviour to evaluate if the association between smoking and body mass index (BMI) remains after controlling for family background.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>The international CODATwins database includes information on smoking and BMI measured between 1960 and 2012 from 156,593 twin individuals 18-69 years of age. Individual-based data (230,378 measurements) and data of smoking discordant twin pairs (altogether 30,014 pairwise measurements, 36% from monozygotic [MZ] pairs) were analysed with linear fixed-effects regression models by 10-year periods. In MZ pairs, the smoking co-twin had, on average, 0.57 kg/m2 lower BMI in men (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.49, 0.70) and 0.65 kg/m2 lower BMI in women (95% CI: 0.52, 0.79) than the never smoking co-twin. Former smokers had 0.70 kg/m2 higher BMI among men (95% CI: 0.63, 0.78) and 0.62 kg/m2 higher BMI among women (95% CI: 0.51, 0.73) than their currently smoking MZ co-twins. Little difference in BMI was observed when comparing former smoking co-twins with their never smoking MZ co-twins (0.13 kg/m2, 95% CI 0.04, 0.23 among men; -0.04 kg/m2, 95% CI -0.16, 0.09 among women). The associations were similar within dizygotic pairs and when analysing twins as individuals. The observed series of cross-sectional associations were independent of sex, age, and measurement decade.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Smoking is associated with lower BMI and smoking cessation with higher BMI. However, the net effect of smoking and subsequent cessation on weight development appears to be minimal, i.e. never more than an average of 0.7 kg/m2.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200140&type=printable
spellingShingle Maarit Piirtola
Aline Jelenkovic
Antti Latvala
Reijo Sund
Chika Honda
Fujio Inui
Mikio Watanabe
Rie Tomizawa
Yoshinori Iwatani
Juan R Ordoñana
Juan F Sánchez-Romera
Lucia Colodro-Conde
Adam D Tarnoki
David L Tarnoki
Nicholas G Martin
Grant W Montgomery
Sarah E Medland
Finn Rasmussen
Per Tynelius
Qihua Tan
Dongfeng Zhang
Zengchang Pang
Esther Rebato
Maria A Stazi
Corrado Fagnani
Sonia Brescianini
Andreas Busjahn
Jennifer R Harris
Ingunn Brandt
Thomas Sevenius Nilsen
Tessa L Cutler
John L Hopper
Robin P Corley
Brooke M Huibregtse
Joohon Sung
Jina Kim
Jooyeon Lee
Sooji Lee
Margaret Gatz
David A Butler
Carol E Franz
William S Kremen
Michael J Lyons
Patrik K E Magnusson
Nancy L Pedersen
Anna K Dahl Aslan
Sevgi Y Öncel
Fazil Aliev
Catherine A Derom
Robert F Vlietinck
Ruth J F Loos
Judy L Silberg
Hermine H Maes
Dorret I Boomsma
Thorkild I A Sørensen
Tellervo Korhonen
Jaakko Kaprio
Karri Silventoinen
Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts.
PLoS ONE
title Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts.
title_full Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts.
title_fullStr Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts.
title_full_unstemmed Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts.
title_short Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts.
title_sort association of current and former smoking with body mass index a study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200140&type=printable
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