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- Title
Association of <i>AHSG</i> Gene Polymorphisms with Ischemic Stroke in a Han Chinese Population.
- Authors
Ma, Shanshan; He, Zhiyi; Zhao, Jie; Li, Lei; Yuan, Liying; Dai, Yingjie; Qiu, Jing
- Abstract
Previous studies have shown associations of fetuin-A (alpha 2-Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein, AHSG) with various disorders, including insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, and atherosclerosis. In this study, genotype and allele frequencies of the rs4918 SNP in the AHSG gene were examined in 380 patients with ischemic stroke and 350 healthy controls from a Northern Han Chinese population via the PCR-RFLP technique. Frequencies of the GG genotype and the G allele in AHSG (rs4918) were significantly higher in patients with ischemic stroke or atherosclerotic cerebral infarction than those in the control group ( P < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis demonstrated the significance of rs4918 in these patients, after adjustment for confounding factors ( P < 0.05). These findings suggest that rs4918 SNPs of the AHSG gene are associated with a risk for ischemic stroke in a Northern Han Chinese population.
- Subjects
GENETIC polymorphisms; ISCHEMIA; CHINESE people; ALPHA fetoproteins; INSULIN resistance; TYPE 2 diabetes; LOGISTIC regression analysis; GENETICS; DISEASES
- Publication
Biochemical Genetics, 2013, Vol 51, Issue 11/12, p916
- ISSN
0006-2928
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10528-013-9625-6