Four anthropometric indices and cardiovascular risk factors in Taiwan

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Title:	Four anthropometric indices and cardiovascular risk factors in Taiwan
Authors:	Huang, KC;Lin, WY;Lee, LT;Chen, CY;Lo, H;Hsia, HH;Liu, IL;Shau, WY;Lin, RS
Contributors:	附設醫院家醫科;Natl Taiwan Univ Hosp, Dept Family Med, Obes Res Grp, Taipei 100, Taiwan;China Med Coll Hosp, Dept Family Med, Taichung, Taiwan;Chia Nan Univ Pharm & Sci, Hlth Care Adm, Taipei, Taiwan;Natl Taiwan Univ, Grad Inst Prevent Med, Taipei 10764, Taiwan;MJ Hlth Screening Ctr, Taipei, Taiwan
Date:	2002
Issue Date:	2010-09-24 14:33:43 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Abstract:	The purpose of this study was to determine whether IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) gene polymorphism is a marker of susceptibility to or severity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Chinese patients. The study included 52 Chinese patients with SLE. One hundred and three unrelated, healthy individuals living in central Taiwan served as controls, From genomic DNA, the polymorphism of the gene for IL-1Ra was typed. Allelic frequencies and carriage rates were compared between SLE patients and controls. The relationship between allelic frequencies and clinical manifestations of SLE was evaluated. We found an increased frequency of IL1RN2 in the SLE patients compared to normal controls (chi(2) = 4.15, P < 0.05), with an odds ratio (of allele frequency) of 2.63 (95% confidence interval 1.00-6.96). The carriage rate of IL1RN2 was also higher in the SLE patients (6.8% in the controls vs. 17.3% in the SLE patients). We observed increased frequencies of malar rash and photosensitivity among patients with IL1RN2 (77.8%) compared to patients without the allele (48.8%). However, this difference did not reach statistical significance (chi(2) = 2.51, P = 0.11). This study indicated that the frequency of IL1RN2 is higher in Chinese SLE patients than in Chinese normal controls in Taiwan. However, there was no association between the frequency of IL1RN*2 and clinical manifestations.
Relation:	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY 26(8):1060-1068
Appears in Collections:	[China Medical University Hospital] Jurnal articles

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