Wang H, Cheng JW, Zhu LS, Wei RL, Cai JP, Li Y, Ma XY. Meta-analysis of association between the -2578C/A polymorphism of the vascular endothelial growth factor and retinopathy in type 2 diabetes in Asians and Caucasians.
Ophthalmic Res 2014;
52:1-8. [PMID:
24751925 DOI:
10.1159/000357110]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been shown to play an important role in the development and progress of diabetic retinopathy (DR). A number of case-control studies focused on the association between VEGF -2578C/A and risk for DR. But the results were not always consistent, so we performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the precise association between this variant and risk for DR.
METHODS
All publications on the association between VEGF -2578C/A polymorphism and DR were searched in the following electronic databases: PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, with the last report up to January 2013. This meta-analysis was assessed by Review Manager 5.1.
RESULTS
A total of 6 studies were involved in this meta-analysis, including 835 cases and 867 controls. Overall, we found a significant association between this polymorphism and DR (A vs. C: OR=1.49, 95% CI=1.26-1.77, p<0.00001; AA vs. CA+CC: OR=1.26, 95% CI=0.94-1.68, p=0.12; AA+CA vs. CC: OR=1.56, 95% CI=1.27-1.91, p<0.00001; AA vs. CC: OR=1.67, 95% CI=1.20-2.32, p=0.003; CA vs. CC: OR=1.51, 95% CI=1.21-1.87, p=0.0002), but we did not find any significant association in Caucasians in subgroup analysis. The results were not materially altered after the studies which did not fulfill the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were excluded.
CONCLUSION
Our meta-analysis supports the association between the VEGF -2578C/A polymorphism and DR, but not in the Caucasian population.
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