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BMC MEDICAL GENETICS
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-6-11
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- Medical Research Council [G0000477] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0000477] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0000477] Funding Source: Medline
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Background: The Pro12A1a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) of the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma 2 (PPAR-gamma 2) has been associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes (T2D) and also inconsistently with obesity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of this SNP with regards to T2D and childhood and adult obesity in the French Caucasian population. Methods: We conducted three independent case/control studies encompassing 2126 cases and 1124 controls. Results: We found a significant association between PPAR-gamma 2 Pro12A1a SNP and T2D (p = 0.04, OR = 1.37), which was stronger when the T2D cohort was stratified according to the obesity status (p = 0.03, OR = 1.81 in obese T2D subjects). In contrast, there was no association between the Pro12A1a SNP and childhood and adulthood obesity. In normal glucose tolerant obese adults (but not in lean subjects), the Pro12 allele was associated with a significant increase in fasting insulin levels (p = 0.01), and in insulin resistance estimated by the Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) (p = 0.003), after adjustment for age, gender and BMI. We didn't detect evidence for an interaction effect between the Pro12A1a SNP and the obesity status with respect to the HOMA-IR index in normal glucose tolerant children, but we found a borderline interaction (p = 0.06) in normal glucose tolerant adults. Conclusion: Our results showed that the Pro12A1a polymorphism is not associated with childhood or adult obesity in the French Caucasian population. In contrast, we confirm a contribution of the PPAR-gamma 2 Pro12 allele in the genetic risk for T2D, especially in obese subjects, where this allele worsens insulin resistance and increases fasting insulin levels.
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