Table 3

Associations of maternal genotypes and genotypic risk scores with haemoglobin concentrations in late pregnancy stratified by iron supplementation in late pregnancy

SNPsRisk allele*Unsupplemented women (n=3055)Supplemented women (n=2248)
↠(95% CI)P trend↠(95% CI)P trend
rs1799945C−0.12 (−0.19 to –0.06)1.3×10−4−0.04 (−0.12 to 0.04)0.31
rs1800562G−0.22 (−0.30 to –0.13)7.3×10−7−0.14 (−0.25 to –0.03)0.01
rs855791A−0.09 (−0.14 to –0.05)8.6×10−5−0.14 (−0.19 to –0.09)2.0×10−7
rs8177240T/G‡−0.04 (−0.09 to 0.01)0.12−0.01 (−0.06 to 0.05)0.81
rs7385804C0.00 (−0.05 to 0.05)0.950.00 (−0.05 to 0.06)0.86
rs744653T−0.04 (−0.11 to 0.02)0.180.06 (−0.02 to 0.13)0.14
rs651007T−0.05 (−0.11 to 0.01)0.08−0.04 (−0.10 to 0.03)0.27
rs411988A−0.02 (−0.06 to 0.03)0.460.02 (−0.04 to 0.07)0.54
rs9990333C0.04 (0.00 to 0.09)0.07−0.05 (−0.10 to 0.00)0.06
rs4921915A−0.02 (−0.07 to 0.04)0.550.00 (−0.07 to 0.06)0.91
rs6486121C0.00 (−0.04 to 0.05)0.860.02 (−0.03 to 0.08)0.40
rs174577A−0.01 (−0.05 to 0.04)0.76−0.02 (−0.08 to 0.03)0.41
Iron score−0.12 (−0.15 to –0.09)7.5×10−13−0.09 (−0.13 to –0.05)4.4×10−6
Ferritin score−0.11 (−0.15 to –0.08)2.0×10−12−0.06 (−0.09 to –0.02)4.5×10−3
Transferrin score−0.04 (−0.07 to –0.01)0.01−0.04 (−0.07 to 0.00)0.06
Transferrin saturation score−0.11 (−0.14 to –0.07)8.1×10−11−0.08 (−0.12 to –0.04)2.8×10−5
  • *Associated with lower iron status, lower ferritin status, higher transferrin status or lower transferrin saturation status with p<5.10−8.

  • †Per risk allele effect estimates are reported for SNPs, per SD increase effect estimates are reported for scores.

  • ‡T is the risk allele for iron (associated with lower iron status) and G is the risk allele for transferrin and transferrin saturation (associated with higher transferrin status and lower transferrin saturation status).

  • SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism.