objective To explore the correlation of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) frequency of adiponectin(APN)in patients with type Ⅱ diabetes(T2DM)and its complications,investigate whether the SNP is a risk factor of inheritance of T2DM,and to set up a highly efficient.accurate, economical and practical screening assay to detect the mutation of APN in clinical practice.Methods According to the diagnostic criteria of T2DM,patients with coronary heart disease(CHD),hypertension (HP),and diabetic nephropathy(NE)were recruited into this study.In simple,12DM group,T2DM-HP, T2DM-CHD.T2DM-NE and the control group.serum biochemistry items are measured.The technique of denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography(DHPLC)was used to detect SNPs of ANP gene.Results After all fragments amplified in the reglen of promoter of APN gene were compared with APN GeneID:9370 sequence recorded in GenBank,point mutation has been identified(-11377G/C).The frequency of genotypes of GG,GC,and CC are 5.16%,42.25%,52.58%and 3.4%.32.75%,63.85%,respectively in the groups of T2DM and control.The frequency of G allele was related to the incidence of T2DM,and is a risk factor of T2DM.The relative risk of GC to CC in developing T2DM is much high than that in the control group (OR=0.55).By comparing the clinical data of different groups of genotype in T2DM,it was observed that the genotype affected systolic blood pressure,BMI,abdominal circumference, and waist-buttock ratio(P=0.015).After optimizing the experimental conditions.it was found column temperature 6 0℃ was the best when using DHPLC technology to estimate SNP of APN gene.Conclusion SNP (-11377G/C) of APN gene G allele has a definite correlation with complications of hypertension in T2DM patients,and may contribute to the genetic risk for type 2 diabetes.