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[Genetic Risk Factors of Macrovascular Complications in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes]
A A Bystrova1,2,3, A S Ulitina1,2,3, M V Kim1,2,3
1I.P. Pavlov St.-Petersburg State Medical University, St.-Petersburg, Russia.
Abstract:
High risk of macrovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is caused by insulin resistance and atherogenic dyslipidemia that may be genetically determined. The aim of this study was to assess the association of polymorphic genetic variants APOA5 (S19W/rs3135506), CETP (Taq1B/rs708272), PON1 (Q192R /rs662) and PPARG (Pro12Ala /rs1801282) with T2DM and macrovascular complications in patients with T2DM resident in Northwestern Russia. We examined 386 patients with T2DM and 199 healthy controls. Genotyping was performed by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction analysis. The study revealed the protective role of allele 12Ala of PPARG gene against T2DM development (odds ratio [OR]=0.58; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.39-0.85). B1B1 genotype of CETP was associated with increased risk of stroke in T2DM patients (OR=1.85; 95%CI1.07-3.21). RR genotype of PON1 was associated with increased risk of T2DM with stroke (OR=2.98; 95%CI1.01-8.84). According to study results Pro12Ala (rs1801282) variant of PPARG affected the risk of T2DM; polymorphic variants of CETP (Taq1B/rs708272) and PON1 (Q192R/rs662) contributed to the risk of macrovascular complications of T2DM.
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