RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Association of Adiponectin Genotypes With Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility in Taiwan JF Anticancer Research JO Anticancer Res FD International Institute of Anticancer Research SP 1297 OP 1306 DO 10.21873/anticanres.14071 VO 40 IS 3 A1 YI-CHIH HUNG A1 WEN-SHIN CHANG A1 AN-KUO CHOU A1 JEN-SHENG PEI A1 MEI-DUE YANG A1 HORNG-REN YANG A1 TA-MING YANG A1 YUN-CHI WANG A1 YU-CHEN HSIAU A1 CHOU-PIN CHEN A1 CHOU-CHEN CHEN A1 CHIEN-CHIH YU A1 CHIA-WEN TSAI A1 DA-TIAN BAU YR 2020 UL http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/40/3/1297.abstract AB Aim: To investigate the association between adiponectin (ADIPOQ) genotypes and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk among Taiwanese. Materials and Methods: Polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism was adopted to identify ADIPOQ rs266729, rs2241766 and rs1501299 genotypes among 362 CRC patients and 362 healthy controls. Results: ADIPOQ rs266729 GG genotype (p=0.0075) and G allele (p=0.0061) are associated with a significantly increased CRC risk. There is no differential distribution of rs2241766 and rs1501299 genotypes. As for the gene–lifestyle interaction, there are obvious joint effects of rs266729 genotype on the CRC risk among non-smoker, non-alcohol drinker, while not on smoker or non-drinker subgroups. No significant correlation was observed between rs266729 genotypic distributions and age, gender, tumor size, location or metastasis status. Interestingly, a correlation of rs266729 genotype and larger BMI on CRC risk was found. Conclusion: G allele at ADIPOQ rs266729 may serve as a determiner for CRC risk, especially for those with BMI ≥24.