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A study assessing the association of glycated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) associated variants with HbA1C, chronic kidney disease and diabetic retinopathy in populations of Asian ancestry.

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Chen, P; Ong, RT-H; Tay, W-T; Sim, X; Ali, M; Xu, H; Suo, C; Liu, J; Chia, K-S; Vithana, E; Young, TL; Aung, T; Lim, W-Y; Khor, C-C ...
Published in: PLoS One
2013

Glycated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) level is used as a diagnostic marker for diabetes mellitus and a predictor of diabetes associated complications. Genome-wide association studies have identified genetic variants associated with HbA1C level. Most of these studies have been conducted in populations of European ancestry. Here we report the findings from a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of HbA1C levels in 6,682 non-diabetic subjects of Chinese, Malay and South Asian ancestries. We also sought to examine the associations between HbA1C associated SNPs and microvascular complications associated with diabetes mellitus, namely chronic kidney disease and retinopathy. A cluster of 6 SNPs on chromosome 17 showed an association with HbA1C which achieved genome-wide significance in the Malays but not in Chinese and Asian Indians. No other variants achieved genome-wide significance in the individual studies or in the meta-analysis. When we investigated the reproducibility of the findings that emerged from the European studies, six loci out of fifteen were found to be associated with HbA1C with effect sizes similar to those reported in the populations of European ancestry and P-value ≤ 0.05. No convincing associations with chronic kidney disease and retinopathy were identified in this study.

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PLoS One

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EISSN

1932-6203

Publication Date

2013

Volume

8

Issue

11

Start / End Page

e79767

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • White People
  • Singapore
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
  • Prevalence
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Phenotype
  • Middle Aged
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Male
 

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Chen, P., Ong, R.-H., Tay, W.-T., Sim, X., Ali, M., Xu, H., … Tai, E.-S. (2013). A study assessing the association of glycated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) associated variants with HbA1C, chronic kidney disease and diabetic retinopathy in populations of Asian ancestry. PLoS One, 8(11), e79767. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079767
Chen, Peng, Rick Twee-Hee Ong, Wan-Ting Tay, Xueling Sim, Mohammad Ali, Haiyan Xu, Chen Suo, et al. “A study assessing the association of glycated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) associated variants with HbA1C, chronic kidney disease and diabetic retinopathy in populations of Asian ancestry.PLoS One 8, no. 11 (2013): e79767. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079767.
Chen P, Ong RT-H, Tay W-T, Sim X, Ali M, Xu H, Suo C, Liu J, Chia K-S, Vithana E, Young TL, Aung T, Lim W-Y, Khor C-C, Cheng C-Y, Wong T-Y, Teo Y-Y, Tai E-S. A study assessing the association of glycated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) associated variants with HbA1C, chronic kidney disease and diabetic retinopathy in populations of Asian ancestry. PLoS One. 2013;8(11):e79767.

Published In

PLoS One

DOI

EISSN

1932-6203

Publication Date

2013

Volume

8

Issue

11

Start / End Page

e79767

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • White People
  • Singapore
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
  • Prevalence
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Phenotype
  • Middle Aged
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Male