Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism and the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage: a meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies

Lipids in Health and Disease

Kunhu Zhang¹  Bobo Chen¹  Jialong Li¹  Jun Wang¹  Wenyin Luo¹  Yijun Wei¹  Youbing Zhang¹  Shuzhen Yang¹  Jianxin Liu¹  Zongchun Tang¹  Xiaofeng Wang¹  Rongjun Zhang¹ 

[1] Department of Neurosurgery, Third Hospital of Chinese PLA, 45 Dongfeng Road, Jin Tai District, Baoji 721004, Shanxi Province, China

关键词: Meta-analysis;    Gene polymorphism;    Intracerebral hemorrhage;    Apolipoprotein E;   

Others  :  805524
DOI  :  10.1186/1476-511X-13-47

 received in 2013-09-12, accepted in 2013-09-20,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Studies investigating the association between the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene polymorphism and the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) have reported conflicting results. We here performed a meta-analysis based on the evidence currently available from the literature to make a more precise estimation of this relationship.

Methods

Published literature from the National Library of Medline and Embase databases were retrieved. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated in fixed- or random-effects models when appropriate. Subgroup analyses were performed by race.

Results

This meta-analysis included 11 case–control studies, which included 1,238 ICH cases and 3,575 controls. The combined results based on all studies showed that ICH cases had a significantly higher frequency of APOE ϵ4 allele (OR= 1.42, 95% CI= 1.21,1.67, P<0.001). In the subgroup analysis by race, we also found that ICH cases had a significantly higher frequency of APOE ϵ4 allele in Asians (OR= 1.52, 95% CI= 1.20,1.93, P<0.001) and in Caucasians (OR= 1.34, 95% CI= 1.07,1.66, P=0.009). There was no significant relationship between APOE ϵ2 allele and the risk of ICH.

Conclusion

Our meta-analysis suggested that APOE ϵ4 allele was associated with a higher risk of ICH.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Zhang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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