%0 Journal Article %T Effect of adiponectin gene polymorphisms on waist circumference in patients with diabetes %A Hasani-Ranjbar Shirin %A Amoli Mahsa M %A Tabatabaei-Malazy Ozra %A Rumi Yalda %J Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders %D 2012 %I BioMed Central %R 10.1186/2251-6581-11-14 %X Background Plasma levels of adiponectin which is secreted from adipose tissue are associated with various parameters of metabolic syndrome. This effect seems to be a result of interactions between genetic and environmental factors including central obesity. The present study was carried out to investigate the possibility of relation between single nucleotide polymorphisms of adiponectin gene (+45 T/G and 11391 G/A) and waist circumferences (WC) in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on n = 238 diabetic patients selected as cases and n = 159 as healthy control who were recruited from Rafsanjan city in south 每 east of Iran. The possible association of +45 T/G and 每11391 G/A adiponectin gene polymorphisms with WC according to age and sex was evaluated. Results There was no significant difference in distribution of frequencies of +45 T/G and 每11391 G/A adiponectin gene polymorphisms in each group. We only found a significant association between 每11391 G/A adiponectin gene polymorphism with WC in diabetic group (p = 0.021). This association was remained significant after adjustment in multivariate regression model (p = 0.019, OR: 0.244, 95%CI: 0.075-0.791) and also this effect was independent of sex and age. Conclusion We found higher abdominal obesity in GA or AA carriers of adiponectin 每 11391 G/A genotype in type 2 diabetes patients independent of age and sex. %K Adiponectin %K Polymorphism %K Type 2 diabetes %K Abdominal obesity %U http://www.jdmdonline.com/content/11/1/14