title: [A Meta-analysis on the association between adiponectin gene 45T/G/276G/T polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes in Chinese population].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Association between the 45T/G and 276G/T single nucleotide polymorphisms of adiponectin gene and the occurrence of type 2 diabetes in Chinese population was studied.
  
  
  METHODS
  20 studies consisting 22 case-control comparisons about 45T/G polymorphism and nine case-control studies about 276G/T polymorphism that were based on our inclusion criterion and available in the literature were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results from Meta-analysis demonstrated a large heterogeneity among the studies both on 45T/G and 276G/T polymorphisms and a significant association was observed between 45T/G polymorphism at exon 2 of the adiponectin gene and type 2 diabetes among the Chinese population.45G allele appeared to be one of the genetic risk factors for susceptibility to type 2 diabetes with a random effects odds ratio (OR) of 1.43 (95%CI: 1.17 - 1.75), and the G allele carriers were more susceptible to the disease with an OR of 1.38 (95%CI: 1.04 - 1.84). Results from Meta-analysis, however, showed no association between the 276G/T polymorphism and type 2 diabetes in the Chinese population, while the random effects OR of the allele 276T to susceptibility of disease was 0.83 (95%CI: 0.61 - 1.13).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The current paper on Meta-analysis demonstrated a correlation between the 45T/G single nucleotide polymorphism and the occurrence of type 2 diabetes in Chinese population, which was different from the findings that such an association with 276G/T polymorphism could not be demonstrated in the same ethnic population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology the Second Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Ming-tong
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiao-chao
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Li-zi
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Wei-qing
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000235:genetics*; D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin