• 1. Department of Hematology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430000, China;
  • 2. Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430000, China;
WENGHong, Email: wengh92@163.com
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Objective To evaluate the relationship between tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) gene promoter-308 G/A polymorphism and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Chinese population by meta-analysis. Methods The casecontrol studies about the correlation between TNF-α gene polymorphism and AS in Chinese population were retrieved from PubMed, EMbase, CNKI, CBM, WanFang Data and VIP database by two researchers. The retrieval time was from their establishment to December, 2015. After the paper screening, data extraction, and assessment of bias risk, the metaanalysis was conducted by Stata 12.0 software. Results A total of 11 case-control studies involving 1 154 AS patients and 1 458 controls were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that, for Chinese population, there was no significant association between TNF-α-308 G/A polymorphism and AS susceptibility (A vs. G: OR=0.96, 95% CI 0.63 to 1.47, P=0.86; AA vs. AG: OR=0.97, 95% CI 0.51 to 1.84, P=0.93; AA vs. GG: OR=0.92, 95% CI 0.32 to 2.61, P=0.87; AA+AG vs. GG; OR=1.04, 95% CI 0.60 to 1.80, P=0.89; AA vs. AG+GG: OR=1.03, 95% CI 0.58 to 1.82, P=0.92). Conclusion To date, it has not found the relationship between TNF-α gene promoter-308 G/A polymorphism and AS in Chinese population. For the quantity and quality limitation of the included studies, the conclusion has to be verified by more large-scale highquality studies.

Citation: RUANXiao-lan, LISheng, AOXu-bin, HUANGJing-yu, WENGHong. Correlation between Polymorphism in Tumor Necrosis Factor α Gene-308 G/A and Ankylosing Spondylitis in Chinese Population: A Meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(8): 906-912. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160140 Copy

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