title: Lipoprotein lipase gene PvuII polymorphism serum lipids and risk for coronary artery disease: meta-analysis.
abstract: Our aim was to determine whether lipoprotein lipase gene PvuII polymorphism can be considered as an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) by conducting a meta-analysis of all available published trials, including our own study. In 7 seperate studies, 3289 subjects were screened for this substitution; meta-analysis included only some of these individuals. Among the 7 studies, 6 were performed on white subjects, whereas 1 was on patients with Saudi Arabic descent.Subgroup analysis indicated that individuals with PvuII substitution does not have an increased risk for CAD. The LPL-PvuII genotype and allele frequency distributions did not differ significantly between CAD patients and healthy controls. There was no difference in the distribution of LPL-PvuII genotypes between the healthy subjects and the patients with CAD. However, no significant differences in lipid variables (triglyceride and HDL-cholesterol) were determined for the PvuII polymorphisms in the patients with CAD. No significant differences were found in serum triglyceride and HDL-cholesterol levels for LPL-PvuII genotypes when the control and CAD groups were pooled. In conclusion, LPL-Pvu II polymorphism cannot be used as independent genetic risk factor for CAD.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine Department of Biostatistics, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Penbe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cagatay
authors.forename: Belgin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Susleyici-Duman
authors.forename: Cavlan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ciftci
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase; C025630:CAGCTG-specific type II deoxyribonucleases; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific