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Table 1 Studies on the association between the Ucp1 polymorphisms and CMDs or CMD risk factors in different populations

From: Association of uncoupling protein (Ucp) gene polymorphisms with cardiometabolic diseases

SNP(s)

Population and participants

Association

Allele/genotype frequencies

Reference

+/−

Condition

A–3826G

Australian: overweight/obese F = 526

+

↑ BMI (P = 0.02), ↑ insulin (P = 0.03, not adjusted), and ↑ fasting glucose concentrations (P = 0.01, adjusted for BMI)

G allele: 0.23

(Heilbronn et al. 2000)

A–3826G

Brazil: T2D patients N = 981 and controls N = 534

–

T2D (P > 0.05)

AA: 49.9%, AG: 37.7%, GG: 12.4%,

G allele: 0.313 in diabetics;

AA: 49.3%, AG: 39.5%, GG: 11.2%,

G allele: 0.310 in controls

(de Souza et al. 2013)

A–3826G

Canadian: parents N = 123 and offsprings N = 138 from 64 families

–

Body fat, RMR, and absolute changes in body fat over a 12-year period

G allele: 0.28

(Oppert et al. 1994)

+

↑ body fat gain over time (P < 0.05)

A–3826G

Chinese: T2D patients N = 792, including DR group: PDR N = 220 and NPDR N = 228;

DNR group: N = 334

+

↑ risk of PDR (additive model OR = 1.72, 95% CI: 1.06–2.79, P = 0.03)

AA: 20.7%, AG: 49.3%, GG: 30.0%,

G allele: 54.6% in PDR group;

AA: 28.1%, AG: 48.2%, GG: 23.7%,

G allele: 47.8% in DNR group

(Zhang et al. 2015)

+

PDR (OR = 1.32, 95% CI: 1.03–1.68, P = 0.03)

–

DR and DNR or NPDR and DNR

A–3826G

Chinese: hypertensive subjects M = 573 and F = 589; normotensive subjects M = 373 and F = 672

–

EH

AA: 25.12%, AG: 50.85%, GG: 24.06%, G allele: 49.47% in normotensives;

AA: 25.22%, AG: 52.01%, GG: 22.77%, G allele: 48.78% in hypertensives

(Sun et al. 2018)

A–3826G

Chinese: T2D patients N = 3107, including DR = 662

–

DR (OR = 1.001, P = 0.993)

AA (n): 2578, AC (n): 469, CC (n): 14

(Jin et al. 2020)

A–1766G

–

DR (OR = 0.949, P = 0.488)

A–112C

+

DR (OR = 1.368, P = 0.004)

A–1766G

Chinese: T2D patients N = 929, nondiabetic controls N = 1044

+

↑ risk of T2D (OR = 1.42, P = 0.042), ↑ level of TG (β = 0.048, P = 0.034) under recessive model

AA: 53.8%, AG: 37.3%, GG: 8.9%,

G allele: 27.6% in T2D patients;

AA: 53%, AG: 40.6%, GG: 6.4%,

G allele: 26.7% in controls

(Dong et al. 2020)

A–3826G

Colombian: T2D cases M = 190 and F = 355; controls M = 126 and F = 323

+

A allele and T2D (OR = 0.78; 95% CI: 0.63–0.97; P = 0.02)

A allele: 0.54 in T2D cases and 0.60 in controls

(Franco-Hincapié et al. 2014)

A–3826G

Danes:young healthy subjects M = 177 and F = 176

–

BMI, fat mass, or weight gain during childhood and adolescence

G allele: 25.3% (95% CI: 22.2–28.4%)

(Urhammer et al. 1997)

Ala64Thr

Danes: males with juvenile obesity N = 156; controls N = 205: lean controls N = 79

–

Obesity and weight gain during childhood or adolescence, or insulin sensitivity

64Thr allele: 8.2% in juvenile obese subjects, 8.8% in controls, and 8.2% in lean controls

Met229Leu

–

229Leu allele: 8.2% in obese subjects, 8.1% in controls, and 5.6% in lean controls

A–3826G

Finnish: T2D patients M = 38 and F = 32; controls M = 55 and F = 68

–

T2D, body weight or BMI in diabetics or controls

G allele: 38.6% in diabetics, 34.1% in controls

(Sivenius et al. 2000)

A–3826G

Finnish: obese premenopausal women N = 77

–

Weight gain after a VLCD

G allele: 0.19

(Fogelholm et al. 1998)

A–3826G

French: overweight patients N = 163

+

↓ weight loss after low calorie diet (P < 0.05)

G allele: 0.27

(Fumeron et al. 1996)

A–3826G

German: T2D patients N = 517

–

Neuropathy (P = 0.79), retinopathy

(P = 0.48), and nephropathy (P = 0.93)

AA: 49.9%, AG: 45.6%, GG: 4.5%,

G allele: 0.27

(Rudofsky et al. 2007)

Ala64Thr

German children and adolescents: obese subjects N = 293, F = 53%; lean subjects N = 134, F = 46%

–

Early-onset obesity

64Thr allele: 8.2% in obese, 4.1% in lean individuals

(Hamann et al. 1998)

Met229Leu

–

229Leu allele: 10.4% in obese, 12.0% in lean individuals

A–3826G

Indian: M = 49 and F = 47

+

GG genotype and BMI (P < 0.01), SBP

(P < 0.01) and DBP (P < 0.05) in females

GG:13.5%, AG: 46.5%, AA: 39.9%

(Dhall et al. 2012)

A–3826G

Indian: T2D subjects M = 353 and F = 457; normal glucose-tolerant subjects M = 374 and F = 616

–

T2D

AA: 36%, AG: 46%, GG: 18%

G allele: 0.41 in T2D subjects.

AA: 40%, AG: 45%, GG: 15%

G allele: 0.38 in normal glucose-tolerant subjects

(Vimaleswaran et al. 2009)

A–112C

–

AA: 63%, AC: 33%, CC: 4%,

C allele: 0.21 in T2D subjects.

AA: 62%, AC: 34%, CC: 4%,

C allele: 0.21 in normal glucose- tolerant subjects

Met299Leu

–

MetMet: 76%, MetLeu: 23%, LeuLeu: 1%, 299Leu allele: 0.12 in T2D subjects; MetMet: 73%, MetLeu: 26%, LeuLeu: 1%, 299Leu allele: 0.14 in normal glucose-tolerant subjects

A–3826G

Italian: severely obese nondiabetic individuals M = 40 and F = 72

+

IR in morbid obesity

AA: 25.9%, AG + GG: 74.1% in total obese population;

AG + GG: 88% in IR (+) and

63% in IR (−) (OR = 4.3, 95% CI: 1.6–11.7; P = 0.003)

(Bracale et al. 2012)

A–3826G

Italian: T2D individuals M = 56.6%; controls M = 41.2%

–

T2D (OR = 0.85, 95% CI: 0.65–1.11; P = 0.221)

G allele: 0.24

(Montesanto et al. 2018)

+

Risk of nephropathy (OR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.33–0.98; P = 0.031)

–

Ischemic heart disease and stroke (OR = 1.10, 95% CI: 0.74–1.64; P = 0.643)

Ala64Thr

–

T2D (OR = 0.99, 95% CI: 0.61–1.6;

P = 0.969)

64Thr allele: 0.063

+

Risk of retinopathy (OR = 0.31, 95% CI: 0.12–0.82; P = 0.010)

–

Ischemic heart disease and stroke (OR = 1.08, 95% CI: 0.52–2.26; P = 0.837)

A–3826G

Japanese: individuals sampled during cold N = 1080 and hot season N = 979

+

VFA during cold season (P = 0.0197)

G allele: 0.51

(Nakayama et al. 2013)

A–3826G

Japanese: subjects without a history of cardiovascular disease M = 231 and F = 347

+

GG genotype and HT in males (OR = 2.32, 95% CI: 1.08–4.99) and older subjects (OR = 1.89, 95% CI: 1.00–3.57)

AA: 24.0%, AG: 50.0%, GG: 26.0%,

G allele: 0.51

(Kotani et al. 2007)

A–112C

Japanese: T2D patients M = 180 and F = 140, controls M = 145 and F = 105

+

T2D (P = 0.017)

С allele: 6.2% in healthy controls, 10.2% in T2D patients

(Mori et al. 2001)

Met299Leu

+

T2D (P = 0.038)

229Leu allele: 7.2% in healthy controls, 10.8% in T2D patients

A–3826G

–

T2D

G allele: 53.6% in healthy controls, 49.7% in T2D patients

A–112C

Japanese: T2D cases M = 55 and F = 38

+

↑ FIRI (P = 0.0085), HOMA-IR (P = 0.0089), and HLC (P = 0.012)

AA: 88.2%, AC: 10.7%, CC:1.1%

(Fukuyama et al. 2006)

A–3826G

–

T2D

AA: 32.3%, AG: 48.4%, GG: 19.3%

A–3826G

Japanese: obese F = 113, healthy non-obese F = 76

+

GG genotype and resistance to weight loss among obese (P < 0.05)

G allele: 0.46 in obese and 0.45 in healthy non-obese

(Kogure et al. 1998)

A–3826G

Japanese: healthy

postmenopausal group F = 182 and premenopausal group F = 99

+

↑ body weight (P = 0.048) in premenopausal women and changes in serum TG (P = 0.049) and HDL (P = 0.020) levels in postmenopausal women

AA: 23.7%, AG: 53.2%, GG: 23.1%,

G allele: 0.50

(Matsushita et al. 2003)

A–3826G

Japanese: healthy boys N = 22

+

GG genotype and ↓ TEM to fat intake

(P < 0.05)

AA+AG (n): 13, GG (n): 9

(Nagai et al. 2003)

A–3826G

Japanese: healthy children N = 19

+

GG genotype and ↓ cold-induced thermogenesis (P < 0.05)

AA+AG (n): 14, GG (n): 5

(Nagai et al. 2007)

A–3826G

Japanese: M = 251

+

AG genotype and BMI (P = 0.016)

AA: 24.3%, AG: 48.2%, GG: 27.5%

(Nakano et al. 2006)

A–3826G

Korean: obese patients M = 44 and F = 146

+

AG/GG genotypes and ↑ DBP (P = 0.023) and LDL-C (P = 0.011); GG genotype and ↓ HDL-C (P < 0.05) and ↑ atherogenic index

AA: 22.1%, AG: 53.7%, GG: 24.2%,

G allele: 0.51

(Oh et al. 2004)

A–3826G

Korean: F = 387

+

[−3826G/−1766G] Ht and ↑ body fat percent (P = 0.045)

NA

(Kim et al. 2005)

A–1766G

+

AG/GG genotypes and abdominal subcutaneous fat (P = 0.015), abdominal visceral fat (P = 0.013), ↑ WHR (P = 0.008), body fat mass (P = 0.023), and percent body fat (P = 0.014)

AA:57.4%, AG: 37.7%, GG: 4.9%, G allele: 0.238

A–3826G A–1766G

Ala64Thr

Korean: overweight F = 453

+

[−3826G/ –1766A/64Thr] Ht and ↓ abdominal fat tissue area (P = 0.02), fat tissue area at thigh (P = 0.008), body fat mass (P = 0.002), and WHR (P = 0.01)

[−3826G/ –1766A/64Ala] Ht and reduction of WHR and body fat mass by VLCD

(P = 0.05–0.006)

NA

(Shin et al. 2005)

A–3826G

Mexican adolescents: normal weight N = 159 and overweight/obese N = 111

+

↑ percentage of fat (P = 0.002) and muscle weight (P = 0.019) in a recessive model

AA: 16.2%, AG: 55.9%, GG: 27.9% in obese; AA: 17%, AG: 50.9%, GG: 32.1% in controls

(Sámano et al. 2018)

A–3826G

Mixed ethnicity population: obese patients N = 150, F = 80%

+

↓ values of weight, body fat and free fat mass

(P < 0.05); GG genotype and ↓ tendency of T2D

AA: 41.3%, AG: 45.3%, GG: 13.4%,

G allele: 0.36

(Nicoletti et al. 2016)

A–3826G

Polish: overweight/obese individuals M = 38 and F = 80

–

BMI

AA: 51.38%, AG: 33.94%, GG:14.68%; G allele: 30.5%.

(Kieć-Wilk et al. 2002)

+

↑ fasting levels of TG (P < 0.04) and

↓ HDL-C (P = 0.004)

A–3826G

Polish: embers of obese Caucasian families M = 38 and F = 84

–

Susceptibility to obesity and glucose tolerance parameters

NA

(Malczewska-Malec et al. 2004)

A–112C

Saudi Arabian: obese patients M = 138 and F = 199; healthy volunteers M = 76 and F = 79

–

Obesity

A allele/C allele (n/n): 627/47 in obese patients, 283/27 in controls

(Chathoth et al. 2018)

A–1766G

+

A allele and moderate obesity (OR = 2.89, 95% CI 1.33–6.25; P = 0.007)

A allele/G allele (n/n): 624/50 in obese patients, 298/12 in controls

A–3826G

+

Obesity after adjusting age, sex, and T2D (OR = 1.52, 95% CI: 1.10–2.08; P = 0.009)

A allele/G allele (n/n): 443/231 in obese patients, 227/83 in controls

A–3826G

Spanish: obese individuals N = 159, normal weight, N = 154

+

↑ BMI (P = 0.03), ↑ percentage of body fat

(P < 0.04), ↑ SBP (P = 0.009), ↑ DBP

(P = 0.02) in obese group

G allele: 0.21 in healthy, 0.19 in obese individuals (P = 0.574)

(Forga et al. 2003)

A–3826G

Spanish: obese M = 38 and F = 55; non-obese M = 122 and F = 117

+

Obesity in women (P = 0.019)

G allele: 0.3 in obese (0.28 in males and 0.31 in females), 0.24 in non-obese (0.32 in males and 0.17 in females) (P = 0.008)

(Ramis et al. 2004)

A–3826G

Swedish: obese subjects M = 310 and F = 364, non-obese subjects M = 54 and F = 257

–

Obesity-related phenotypes and weight gain

G allele: 0.25 in obese, 0.24 in non-obese subjects

(Gagnon et al. 1998)

A–3826G

Turkish:obese M = 83 and F = 63; lean individuals M = 77 and F = 17

+

↑cholesterol levels

G allele: 0.30 in obese, 0.31 in lean individuals

(Proenza et al. 2000)

A–3826G

Turkish children and adolescents: obese N = 268 and non-obese = 185

+

GG denotype and obesity (OR = 2.02, 95% CI 1.17–3.47; P = 0.010),↑ TG levels in obese subjects (P = 0.048), ↓ HDL-C (P = 0.017)

AA: 46.3%, AG: 33.2%, GG: 20.5%,

G allele: 37.1% in obese;

AA: 46.5%, AG: 42.2%, GG: 11.4%,

G allele: 32.4% in controls

(Gul et al. 2017)

Ala64Thr

White subjects: obese N = 93 and non-obese N = 69

–

BMI or obesity

64Thr allele: 12.0%

(Herrmann et al. 2003)

+

WHR (P = 0.003) after adjustment for gender, age, BMI, and T2D

  1. Abbreviations: F Females, M Males, BMI Body mass index, RMR Resting metabolic rate, DR Diabetic retinopathy, PDR Prolifirative diabetic retinopathy, NPDR Non-prolifirative diabetic retinopathy, DNR Diabetes without retinopathy, EH Essential hypertension, T2D Type 2 diabetes, VLCD Very low calorie diet, IR Insulin resistance, VFA Visceral fat accumulation, HT Hypertension, FIRI Fasting insulin resistance index, HOMA-IR Homoeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, HLC Hepatic lipid content, HDL-C High density lipoprotein cholesterol, TEM Thermic effect of a meal, Ht Haplotype, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DPB Diastolic blood pressure, LDL-C Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, WHR Waist-to-hip ratio, TG Trygliceride, NA Not available