Association of ADIPOQ gene with type 2 diabetes and related phenotypes in African American men and women: The Jackson Heart Study

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Background: African Americans experience disproportionately higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes and related risk factors. Little research has been done on the association of ADIPOQ gene on type 2 diabetes, plasma adiponectin, blood glucose, HOMA-IR and body mass index (BMI) in African Americans. The objective of our research was to assess such associations with selected SNPs. The study included a sample of 3,020 men and women from the Jackson Heart Study who had ADIPOQ genotyping information. Unadjusted and adjusted regression models with covariates were used with type 2 diabetes and related phenotypes as the outcome stratified by sex. Results: There was no association between selected ADIPOQ SNPs with type 2 diabetes, blood glucose, or BMI in men or women. There was a significant association between variant rs16861205 and lower adiponectin in women with minor allele A in the fully adjusted model (β(SE) p = -.13(0.05), 0.003). There was also a significant association with variant rs7627128 and lower HOMA-IR among men with minor allele A in the fully adjusted model (β(SE) p = -0.74(0.20), 0.0002). Conclusions: These findings represent new insights regarding the association of ADIPOQ gene and type 2 diabetes and related phenotypes in African American men and women.

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Davis, S. K., Xu, R., Gebreab, S. Y., Riestra, P., Gaye, A., Khan, R. J., … Bidulescu, A. (2015). Association of ADIPOQ gene with type 2 diabetes and related phenotypes in African American men and women: The Jackson Heart Study. BMC Genetics, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-015-0319-4

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