Association of ACE I/D gene polymorphism and related risk factors in impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes: a study among two tribal populations of North-East India.

Background: Type 2 diabetes is a serious public health concern in India, even the indigenous tribal populations are not left unaffected. The present study aims to understand the association of major risk factors i.e.

Obesity, dyslipidaemia and candidate gene polymorphisms: a cross-sectional study among the Liangmai and Mizo tribes of Manipur, India.

Background: The prevalence of obesity and dyslipidaemia was observed to be increased among the tribal populations, due to globalization.

Materials And Methods: In the present study, data on demographic, somatometric and blood samples were collected from 613 participants of both sex, age 18-60 years, further lipid profiling and genotyping was executed. Multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) software was used for gene-gene interactions analysis.

Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among tribal and non-tribal populations with East Asian Ancestry from North East India.

Objectives: The distribution of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and obesity variables were studied among tribal and non-tribal populations with East Asian ancestry from northeast India.

Methods: Data pertaining to somatometric measurements, blood pressure, lipid profile, and fasting blood glucose were collected from 1916 participants (Mizo-422, Liangmai-352, and Meitei-1142) of both sexes older than 18 years. Two-way ANOVA and chi square analysis were done to understand the inter-population prevalence differences.

Differential distribution and association of FTO rs9939609 gene polymorphism with obesity: A cross-sectional study among two tribal populations of India with East-Asian ancestry.

The fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) rs9939609 gene polymorphism is most widely studied in terms of obesity in various populations. Recently, the prevalence of obesity has been reported to be very high among the North-Eastern State of India. The major aim of the present study is to understand the extent of FTO rs9939609 gene polymorphism and its association with obesity among the two North-East Indian tribal populations with similar East Asian ancestry.