Significant association of the interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms C-174G and A-598G with type 2 diabetes
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T Illig1, F Bongardt, A Schöpfer
1Institute of Epidemiology, GSF National Research Centre for Environment and Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Abstract:
Elevated blood concentrations of IL-6 have been shown to predict type 2 diabetes. Because the impact of IL-6 gene polymorphisms on diabetes status, parameters of the metabolic syndrome, and low-grade systemic inflammation has not been analyzed in a population-based study, we investigated the association of the IL-6 single nucleotide polymorphisms C-174G and A-598G on these parameters in 704 elderly participants of the Kooperative Gesundheitsforschung im Raum Augsburg/Cooperative Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA) Survey 2000. Both -174G and -598G alleles were significantly associated with type 2 diabetes (-174G: odds ratio = 1.51, 95% confidence interval = 1.11-2.07, P = 0.0096; -598G: odds ratio = 1.56, 95% confidence interval = 1.13-2.15, P = 0.0069) but not with impaired glucose tolerance. In subgroup analyses, the association reached statistical significance in men and in leaner subjects (body mass index
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