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Meta-based association of the lipoprotein lipase gene S447X variant with hypertension and blood pressure variation

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Association of the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene S447X variant with hypertension has been investigated extensively, whereas the results are often irreproducible. We therefore conducted a meta-analysis to examine whether S447X variant was associated with hypertension and blood pressure variation. Case–control reports published in English language and humans were identified from MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science search engines as of 10 December 2009. Fixed-effects model was applied to pool data in the absence of between-studies heterogeneity, and random-effects model otherwise. A total of five studies (960 cases and 1145 controls) for hypertension and four studies (n=2777) for blood pressure were included. Compared with 447SS homogeneous carriers, those with 447X variant had a lower risk of hypertension (odds ratio (OR)=0.78; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.62–0.98; P=0.03), and this effect reached significance under the fixed-effects model (I2=30% and P=0.22). Similarly, compared with 447S allele carriers, those with 447X allele carriers also had a lower risk of hypertension (OR=0.79; 95% CI: 0.64–0.98; P=0.03). In case of pregnancy-induced hypertension, no significance was observed (P>0.05). As for blood pressure association, there was no significant difference between 447X variant and 447SS homogeneous carriers for both systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the whole population, even stratified by gender (P>0.05). The Egger test told no publication bias for all associations. This meta-analysis demonstrated that LPL gene S447X variant was significantly associated with hypertension and showed no obvious relation with pregnancy-induced hypertension and blood pressure variation.

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This work was financially supported by the Seed Foundation of Development on Science and Technology by President of Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Anzhen Hospital (2010Z10), the Shanghai ‘Chen Guang’ Project (09CG12), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (09ZR1426200), two Excellent Young Teachers Programs, one from Ruijin Hospital and the other from Shanghai City, the Science Fund of Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine (09XJ21019), and the National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (Grant number: 30900808).

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  3. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Vascular Biology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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  5. Department of Epidemiology, Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung & Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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Niu, WQ., Qi, Y. Meta-based association of the lipoprotein lipase gene S447X variant with hypertension and blood pressure variation. J Hum Hypertens 25, 383–390 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2010.68

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