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Aims/hypothesis. Insulin resistance syndrome is an important risk factor for developing premature coronary heart disease. It is a complex syndrome which could arise from the interaction of several genes modulated by environmental factors. The Trp64Arg polymorphism in the β3-adrenoreceptor gene has been found to be associated with insulin resistance, obesity or with earlier onset of Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in different populations. We aimed to study whether features of the insulin resistance syndrome are associated with this polymorphism in Indo-Mauritian patients with premature coronary heart disease.¶Methods. We carried out a case control study using PCR-RFLP techniques, of consecutive Indo-Mauritian patients (n = 338) with premature coronary heart disease (onset below age of 60 years) and unrelated control subjects (n = 148) of the same ethnicity.¶Results. In Indo-Mauritian patients with premature coronary heart disease who were not treated by beta blockers, triglyceride concentrations were lower (median: 1.44 vs 1.93 mmol/l, p < 0.008) and HDL cholesterol concentrations higher (mean: 0.98 vs 0.85 mmol/l, p < 0.015) in those carrying the wild type of the β3-adrenoreceptor gene than in those carrying the Trp64Arg variant. The latter genotype specific effect on HDL was inverse in patients treated with beta blockers.¶Conclusion/interpretation. The β3-adrenoreceptor gene variant seems to modulate the effects of beta blockers on triglyceride and HDL cholesterol concentrations in this group of Indo-Mauritian population. Dyslipidaemia, a key component of the metabolic syndrome has a heterogeneous nature in Indo-Mauritian subjects. This potent risk factor for early-onset coronary heart disease is influenced by the interaction between genetic and environmental effects. [Diabetologia (2001) 44: 115–122]
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Manraj, M., Francke, S., Hébé, A. et al. Genetic and environmental nature of the insulin resistance syndrome in Indo-Mauritian subjects with premature coronary heart disease: contribution of β3-adrenoreceptor gene polymorphism and beta blockers on triglyceride and HDL concentrations. Diabetologia 44, 115–122 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001250051588
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