Habibullah M, Akter F, Qin X, Lohani M, Aldughaim MS, Al-Kaabi Y. Association between Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme- Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism and Diabetes Mellitus-2 in Saudi Population.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2021;
22:119-123. [PMID:
33507688 PMCID:
PMC8184165 DOI:
10.31557/apjcp.2021.22.1.119]
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Abstract
Objectives:
The association of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been debated vigorously but still remains controversial. Therefore, the current study was designed to determine the possible association between ACE I/D polymorphism and T2DM and hypertension (HTN) in a population of Saudi Arabian participants.
Methods:
A total of 143 individuals were recruited for the study, consisting of 74 controls and 69 patients with T2DM. Genotyping was performed via polymerase chain reaction.
Results:
The genotype frequencies for DD, ID and II in controls were 52.7%, 39.2% and 8.1%, whereas in T2D patients it was 52.2%, 40.6% and 7.2% respectively. The DD frequency was highest out of the three genotypes in both the controls and the T2DM patients.
Conclusion:
There was no significant difference found in the genotype and allele frequencies between cases and controls, suggesting that insertion/deletion polymorphism in the ACE gene may not be associated with an increased susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in our study population.
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