1.Racial difference in aldose reductase C-106T genetic polymorphism and association with essential hypertension
Ling LI ; Zhenyu LI ; Huanlian CHENG ; Jin YAN ; Kai HU ; Junjie WANG ; Xiaolan DENG ; Qifa YE ; Dongsheng OUYANG
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2012;37(2):156-160
Objective:To investigate the distribution of aldose reductase (AR) C-106T genetic polymorphism in Chinese Han population and its association with the risk for essential hypertension (EH).Methods:The AR C-106T polymorphism was genotyped in 148 Chinese EH patients and 137controls by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP).The genotype distribution between groups was contrasted by x2- test and the degree of genetic association was evaluated by 95% confidence interval (CI).Results:Frequency of the variant AR C-106T allele was 13.9% (95% CI:11.2%-16.6%) in the controls,which was significantly lower than that in the Japanese (18.4% in 712 individuals,P=0.0063),the Australians (37.9% in 240 individuals,P<0.0001) and the Brazilians (34.7% in 62individuals,P< 0.0001).The frequency ofAR C-106T allele was 11.7% (95% CI:7.9%-15.5%)in the EH patients.No significant difference in the allele frequency was observed between the EH patients and the controls (P=0.147).Conclusion:There is obvious racial difference in the distribution of AR C-106T polymorphism.The polymorphism is not associated with the risk for EH.