When T2D cohort was further stratified according to the obesity status, PPARγ2 (rs1801282) and FTO (rs9939609) showed association with T2D only in the obese diabetic group and ADIPOQ (rs16861194) showed no difference in risk of susceptibility to the disease.
To derive a more precise estimation, we performed a meta-analysis to assess the association between five AdipoQ polymorphisms [-11426A > G (rs16861194), -11391G > A (rs17300539), -11377C > G (rs266729), +45T > G (rs2241766) and +276G > T (rs1501299)], and T2DM risk.
Varied association of ADIPOQ genotypes with T2DM was seen according to the genetic model used: rs17300539 and rs266729 were significantly associated with T2DM under the three models, while rs16861194 was association with T2DM under additive and dominant models, and rs822396, rs2241766, and rs1063538 were associated with T2DM under the dominant models only.
To investigate the contribution of the adiponectin genes and their receptors to T2DM, a case-control study was performed and 11 SNPs of ADIPOQ, ADIPOR1, and ADIPOR2 were genotyped in 985 T2DM and 1,050 control subjects. rs16861194 (-11426 A>G) in the putative promoter of ADIPOQ was associated with T2DM (P = 0.007; OR = 1.29, 95%CI 1.08-1.55).