Background: Emerging evidence indicates group-specific component () variants are associated with ethnicity. We aimed to investigate the association of variants and protein expression level with T2DM and diabetic nephropathy (DN) in Saudi patients.
Subjects And Methods: A total of 200 participants (120 T2DM/80 controls) were genotyped for -rs7041/-rs4588 by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Serum GC was assessed by ELISA and analysis was executed.
Results: -rs7041 frequency distribution showed no difference between the study groups, while -rs4588 showed association with T2DM under all genetic models. rs4588* variant was correlated with higher serum GC globulin, albuminuria, and poor glycaemic control. A higher frequency of rs7041* and rs4588* was evident in macroalbuminuria vs. normoalbuminuria group. Carrying GC-2 haplotype was 2.5 more likely to develop diabetes and correlated with the levels of albuminuria.
Conclusions: variants could have independent effects on the risk of T2DM and DN in the study population.
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