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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2015

Angiotensin-converting enzyme I/D polymorphism is a genetic biomarker of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: evidence from a meta-analysis.

Weiguo Xu, Yunfeng Qian, Luqian Zhao

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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 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Weiguo XuDepartment of Geriatrics, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command Guangzhou 510010, Guangdong, China.
Yunfeng QianDepartment of Geriatrics, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command Guangzhou 510010, Guangdong, China.
Luqian ZhaoDepartment of Gerontology Endocrinology, Guangzhou First Municipal Hospital Guangzhou 510180, Guangdong, China.
General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command · CNGuangzhou First People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) I/D polymorphism has been indicated to be correlated with peripheral neuropathy (PN) susceptibility, but study results are still debatable. Thus, a meta-analysis was conducted. Databases including PubMed, Embase and CNKI were searched. Data were extracted and pooled odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Eight studies with 1430 cases and 1873 controls were included in this meta-analysis. The association between ACE I/D polymorphism and PN risk was significant (OR = 1.25; 95% CI 1.05-1.48; P = 0.01). When stratified by ethnicity, the significantly increased PN risk was observed in Caucasians (OR = 1.24; 95% CI 1.05-1.47; P = 0.01). In conclusion, this meta-analysis suggested that ACE I/D polymorphism was a risk factor for PN.

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Angiotensin-converting enzymegeneticsmeta-analysisperipheral neuropathy

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PMID25785080
PMCPMC4358535
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