title: Relations among serum ferritin, C282Y and H63D mutations in the HFE gene and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Czech population.
abstract: Aims of the study were: (i) to determine the prevalence of mutations C282Y and H63D in the HFE gene causing hereditary hemochromatosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and non-diabetics, (ii) to investigate the relationship among HFE genotypes, serum ferritin and glucose intolerance and (iii) to assess possible association of HFE mutations with the susceptibility to develop late diabetic complications in the Czech population. Two approaches were employed - the case-control study comprising diabetics and non-diabetic controls (n = 326) and the cross-sectional study comprising subjects with a previously unknown defect of glucose tolerance (n = 113, oral glucose tolerance test performed in each subject). Allele frequencies of C282Y and H63D did not differ between diabetic and control groups nor among subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and diabetes. Ferritin levels significantly differed between diabetic and non-diabetic women (P<1.10 (-3)) and among subjects with NGT, IGT and diabetes (P<0.05). Differences in ferritin levels related to particular genotypes of C282Y and H63D were not detected. Prevalence of diabetes in the first and second quartiles of ferritin distribution differed highly significantly from the prevalence in the third and fourth quartiles in women (P = 0.000037), OR = 3.50 (95% CI, 1.89-6.48). The extent of diabetic late complications did not correlate with ferritin plasma levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic. kankov@med.muni.cz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanková
authors.forename: E H J M
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Márová
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stejskalová
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pácal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muzík
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vácha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001824:Body Constitution; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D018153:Czech Republic; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D005838:Genotype; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000235:genetics*; D000071020:Hemochromatosis Protein; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics*; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; C103673:HFE protein, human; D000071020:Hemochromatosis Protein; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D007328:Insulin; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D005293:Ferritins