title: Association between polymorphisms in the coagulation factor VII gene and coronary heart disease risk in different ethnicities: a meta-analysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous studies have examined the association between polymorphisms in the coagulation factor VII gene and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), but those studies have been inconclusive. This study was conducted to assess the associations between these polymorphisms and CHD and evaluated the associations in different ethnicities.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature-based searching was conducted to collect data and two methods, namely fixed-effects and random-effects, were performed to pool the odds ratio (OR), together with the 95% confidence interval (CI). Publication bias and between-study heterogeneity were also examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-nine case-control studies of the three polymorphisms, R353Q (rs6046), HVR4 and -323Ins10 (rs36208070) in factor VII gene and CHD were enrolled in this meta-analysis, including 9,151 cases of CHD and 14,099 controls for R353Q, 2,863 cases and 2,727 controls for HVR4, and 2,862 cases and 4,240 controls for -323Ins10. Significant association was only found in Asian population for R353Q (Q vs R), with pooled OR of 0.70(95%CI: 0.55, 0.90). For the -323Ins10 polymorphism (10 vs 0), we found significant associations in both Asian and European populations, with pooled ORs of 0.74(95%CI: 0.61, 0.88) and 0.63(95%CI: 0.53, 0.74), respectively. Marginal significant association was found between HVR4 (H7 vs H5+H6) and CHD (OR = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.78, 1.00). There was no evidence of publication bias, but between-study heterogeneity was found in the analyses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The -323Ins10 polymorphism in factor VII gene is significantly associated with CHD in both Asian and European populations, while R353Q polymorphism showed trend for association with CHD in Asians. Lack of association was found for HVR4 polymorphism. Further studies are needed to confirm the association, especially for -323Ins10 polymorphism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Evidence Based Medicine and Division of Population Genetics, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xingbo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Yongchen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Xueli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shufeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiangfeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Dongfeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005167:Factor VII / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012307:Risk Factors; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005167:Factor VII