• 1. Department of Neurology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China;
  • 2. Center for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Research, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China;
  • 3. Institute of Medicine and Nursing of Hubei Medicine of University, Shiyan 442000, China;
WENGHong, Email: wengh92@163.com
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Objective To systematically review the correlation between apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphism and sporadic Alzheimer's disease (SAD) in Chinese population. Methods The case-control studies about the relationship between ApoE polymorphism and SAD in Chinese population were electronically retrieved in PubMed, EMbase, CBM, The Cochrane Library (Issue 8, 2013), CNKI, VIP, and WanFang Data from the date of their establishment to August 2013. Literature screening according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, data extraction and methodological quality assessment of the included stuides were completed by two reviewers independently. Meta-analysis was then conducted using Stata 12.0 software. Results A total of 50 case-control studies invovling 3 396 cases and 4 917 controls were finally included. The results of meta-analysis showed that, in Chinese, the risk of SAD was 2.89 times higher in population with allele ε4 than in population with allele ε3 (OR=2.89, 95%CI 2.61 to 3.19, P < 0.001); 7.24 times higher in those with ε4/ε4 genotype than in those with ε3/ε3 genotype (OR=7.24, 95%CI 5.11 to 10.24, P < 0.001); 2.90 times higher in ε3/ε4 genotype than in ε3/ε3 genotype (OR=2.90, 95%CI 2.56 to 3.29, P < 0.001); 2.11 times higher in ε2/ε4 genotype than in ε3/ε3 genotype (OR=2.11, 95%CI 1.64 to 2.72, P < 0.001); and no statistic significance was found in the risk of SAD compared ε2/ε3, ε2/ε2 genotypes and ε2 allele with ε3/ε3 genotype and ε3 allele. Conclusion For Chinese population, ApoE allele ε4 is significantly associated with the onset of SAD, and genotype ε4/ε4 is a high risk factor of SAD. While allele ε2 is not associated with the onset of SAD. Since a great deal of current studies failed to conduct stratified analysis, it is suggested to further conduct relevant relevant studies according to clinical classification of SAD and patients' characteristics.

Citation: RENChang-ju, ZHANGChao, YANJin-zhu, ZUOHong-xia, WENGHong. Correlation between ApoE Polymorphism and Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease in Chinese Population: A Meta-Analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2014, 14(7): 813-820. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20140136 Copy

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