Association of MC4R codon 42 polymorphism with obese/diabetic ethnic Kashmiri population

Our objective was to study the sequence variations of melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene in obese/diabetic populations of the Kashmir region and workout association of such variations (if any) with the disease phenotype. No such study has ever been taken up in the Jammu and Kashmir State, despite t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 2015-11, Vol.1 (2), p.149-157
Hauptverfasser: Dar, Rubiya, Rasool, Shabhat, Zargar, Ab Hamid, Jan, Tariq R, Andrabi, Khurshid I
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Zusammenfassung:Our objective was to study the sequence variations of melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene in obese/diabetic populations of the Kashmir region and workout association of such variations (if any) with the disease phenotype. No such study has ever been taken up in the Jammu and Kashmir State, despite the existence of a significant population of obese/diabetic patients. A total of 420 samples were taken in the present study. Among them 200 were obese and 220 were normal. The samples were divided into three groups i.e., normal (220), obese with non diabetics (150) and obese with diabetics (50). Allele frequencies were tested for Hardy–Weinberg disequilibrium. The genotype and allele frequencies were evaluated using the ?2 tests or the Fisher exact tests. A novel heterozygous variation (Glu42Lys) was observed in all groups at a frequency of 10% in obese with non diabetics, 26% in obese with diabetics and 1.81% in healthy controls (BMI ? 23 kg/m2) which was significantly (p
ISSN:2411-4472
2412-5571
DOI:10.3329/ajmbr.v1i2.25604