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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2015

Genetic association between leptin-2548G/A polymorphism and risk of cancer: a meta analysis.

Yugang Liu, Hongyan Wu, Yanpeng Zhu, Yunshu Gao

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yugang LiuDepartment of Orthopaedics, 401 Hospital of PLA Qingdao 266071, Shandong Province, China.
Hongyan WuDepartment of Obstetrics And Gynecology, General Hospital of Bei Jing Command of PLA Beijing, China.
Yanpeng ZhuDepartment of General Surgery, 401 Hospital of PLA Qingdao 266071, Shandong Province, China.
Yunshu GaoDepartment of Oncology, 401 Hospital of PLA Qingdao 266071, Shandong Province, China.
People's Liberation Army 401 Hospital · CNThe Military General Hospital of Beijing PLA · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAbundance of evidence implicated that leptin may play a decisive role in cancer occurrence, but the reported results varied across the individually published studies. The objective of this study is to access to what extent the extensively studied -2548G/A polymorphism of LEP gene acts on the onset of multiple cancers.

methodsEligible studies included in this meta-analysis were identified electronically in PubMed and Embase, and manually in relevant literature. Crude odds ratio (OR) with corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated to estimate the risk of cancer associated with the -2548G/A polymorphism.

results12 association studies with a total of 5,618 cancer cases and 6,509 healthy controls were pooled into this meta-analysis. The results revealed that compared with the G allele, the A allele was associated with modestly increased risk of overall cancer (OR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.02-1.44). Following further stratified analyses, a borderline association was indicated in prostate cancer (OR, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.00-1.39), breast cancer (OR, 1.11; 95% CI, 1.00-1.22) and Caucasians (OR, 1.19; 95% CI, 1.00-1.41).

conclusionsThis meta-analysis reveals that the A allele of -2548G/A polymorphism may be a determinant of cancer development.

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PMID25785016
PMCPMC4358471
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