PMID- 21114970 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110524 LR - 20110110 IS - 1873-3492 (Electronic) IS - 0009-8981 (Linking) VI - 412 IP - 5-6 DP - 2011 Feb 20 TI - Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1-2518 A/G polymorphism and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population. PG - 466-9 LID - 10.1016/j.cca.2010.11.030 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Hyperglycemia could accelerate monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) production in monocytes and vascular endothelial cells. Recently, a genetic polymorphism (-2518 A/G) located in MCP-1 gene promoter has been found that could influence the expression of MCP-1. A large cohort study of Caucasians reported that MCP-1 G-2518 gene variant was negatively correlated with the prevalence of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, it is unclear whether this polymorphism is associated with type 2 diabetes in Han Chinese. METHODS: We conducted a population-based case-control study of 416 type 2 diabetes cases and 416 controls. RESULTS: Compared with the wild genotype AA, MCP-1 G-2518 gene variant could significantly decrease the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Han Chinese (adjusted OR=0.49, 95% CI 0.32-0.77, P<0.0001). The results of stratified analyses indicated that a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes related with variant genotypes was evident in younger participants (age