title: Apolipoprotein A1, B levels, and their ratio and the risk of a first stroke: a meta-analysis and case-control study.
abstract: The associations of levels of apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) and apolipoprotein B and ApoB/A1 ratio and risk of a first stroke have not been reliably documented. We performed a meta-analysis to summarize the relationships and confirmed them in a case-control study. We identified relevant publications in PubMed and Embase databases up to June 1, 2015. A Dersimonian-Laird random effects model was used to compute summary relative risks (RRs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs). A case-control study was conducted in a southern Chinese population. We included 8 cohort and 4 case-control studies (222,774 subjects; 10,032 first stroke events) in the meta-analysis. Reduced ApoA1 level and increased ApoB level and ApoB/A1 ratio was associated with a first stroke in cohort studies (RR 0.86 [95 % CI 0.79-0.94], 1.66 [1.62-1.69], and 1.66 [1.63-1.70], respectively) and reduced ApoA1 level and increased ApoB/A1 ratio in case-control studies (0.68 [0.47-0.99] and 1.76 [1.50-2.06], respectively). When stratified by stroke type in cohort studies, the RR for ischemic stroke was 0.83 (0.76-0.90), 1.36 (1.32-1.40), and 1.38 (1.35-1.42) for the 3 factors, respectively. In our case-control study (1013 cases; 1029 controls), the OR for a first ischemic stroke was 0.83 (0.74-0.92), 1.33 (1.18-1.48) and 2.10 (1.76-2.51), respectively, with increased ApoA1 level associated with hemorrhagic stroke (1.37 [1.06-1.78]). Meta-analysis suggests that reduced ApoA1 level and increased ApoB level and ApoB/A1 ratio are risk factors for a first ischemic but not hemorrhagic stroke. Elevated ApoA1 level may be a risk factor for a first hemorrhagic stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hongli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiangyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Sports, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fuhua
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Chaonan Minsheng Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong, 515144, China.
authors.forename: Yubin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shaojie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yuqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fangfang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China. qyzhang@stu.edu.cn.|Department of Preventive Medicine, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, China. qyzhang@stu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qingying
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000235:genetics*; D053299:Apolipoprotein B-100 / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C505693:APOA1 protein, human; C569471:APOB protein, human; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D053299:Apolipoprotein B-100
keywords: Apolipoproteins; Case–control study; Meta-analysis; Risk factor; Stroke