title: Common single nucleotide polymorphisms in cyclooxygenase-2 and risk of severe chronic periodontitis in a Chinese population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Several common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) gene have been reported to be functional. The association between -1195GA, -765GC and 8473TC of COX-2, and severe chronic periodontitis (CP) in a Chinese population was investigated.
  
  
  METHODS
  148 cases of healthy controls (control group) and 146 cases of severe CP were recruited in this study. Genotypes of -1195GA, -765GC and 8473TC were determined by polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). The distributions of genotypes and haplotypes were compared by chi(2) test and the odds ratios (ORs) were calculated by logistic regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of the -1195A was more prevalent in CP group (60.62%) than control group (51.35%), and the distributions of the -765C and 8473C were higher in control group (6.76% and 21.96%) compared with CP group (3.08% and 15.07%). Only genotype distribution of -1195GA was significant when p-value was corrected for multiple testing (p(c)=0.033). The adjusted ORs for the -1195AA/GA, -765GC and 8473CC/TC were 2.49 (95% CI=1.33-4.69, p=0.005), 0.45 (95% CI=0.20-1.04, p=0.061) and 0.67 (95% CI=0.41-1.11, p=0.118). Subjects with the haplotype AGT had a significantly higher risk of periodontitis than those with the most common haplotype GGT (OR=1.91, 95% CI=1.32-2.76, p(c)<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It suggests the -1195A variant is associated with an increased risk for severe CP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Stomatology Hospital of Guangdong Province, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Cheng-Jie
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Li-Min
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Wei-Hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Dong-Ying
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Xuan
authors.forename: Jin-Cai
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002681:China; D055113:Chronic Periodontitis / Q000235:genetics*; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012016:Reference Values; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2