• 1. Department of Neurology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China;
  • 2. Department of Anesthesiology, PLA 123 Hospital, Bengbu 233000, China;
XUZhi-qiang, Email: xzq881@163.com
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Objective To systematically evaluate the association between MTHFR gene C677T polymorphism and susceptibility to young and middle-aged adult ischemic stroke among Chinese population. Methods Such databases as PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library (Issue 11, 2013), CBM, CNKI, VIP and WanFang Data were systemically searched to collect case-control studies published from Jan 1990 to Dec 2013. RevMan 5.2 was used to quantitatively analyzed the qualified and included studies, the pooled odds ratio (ORs) with 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated; Stata 12.0 software were used for sensitivity and publication bias analysis. Results A total of 10 studies were included, which involved 787 cases and 766 controls. The results of meta-analysis showed that, in overall young and middle-aged adult group (aged less than 60), individuals that carried T allele risked more with ischemic stroke than those carried C allele (OR=1.42, 95%CI 1.07 to 1.89, P=0.02); more susceptibility to ischemic stroke was found among people of TT genotype compared with those of CC genotype (OR=2.11, 95%CI 1.58 to 2.81, P=0.00), as well as those of TT+TC genotype compared with CC genotype (OR=1.97, 95%CI 1.55 to 2.51, P=0.00), and those of TT genotype compared with TC+CC genotype (OR=1.42, 95%CI 1.13 to 1.77, P=0.00). Increased risk was also observed in TT+TC genotype compared with CC genotype in young adult subgroup (aged less than 45) (OR=1.66, 95%CI 1.19 to 2.32, P=0.00). Conclusion MTHFR gene C677T polymorphism is significantly associated with susceptibility to young and middle-aged adult ischemic stroke among Chinese population, and more risk may exist in middle-aged adult population.

Citation: CHENJia, HERu-lin, LANGYing, XUZhi-qiang. Association between MTHFR C677T Polymorphism and Young Adult Ischemic Stroke in Chinese Population: A Meta-Analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2014, 14(4): 435-442. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20140076 Copy

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