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Published on: February 25, 2016
[Relationship between endothelial nitric oxide synthase Glu298Asp gene polymorphisms and the chronic periodontitis
Haijuan Hou1, Fan Zhang, Meilin Zhao
1Dept. of Periodontology, The Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Research Center for Oral Diseases and Biomedical Science, Chongqing 401147, China.
Objective:
To study the relationship between endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) Glu298Asp gene polymorphism and chronic periodontitis (CP) with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Methods:
DNA from patients' buccal swabs of CP, CP with T2DM, T2DM and health was isolated and extracted. The eNOS Glu298Asp gene polymorphism were assessed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) respectively.
Results:
The distribution of eNOS Glu298Asp genotype in CP group, T2DM group, CP with T2DM group and health group showed statistical differences (chi2 = 18.503, P = 0.005), and the gene frequency showed statistical differences (chi2 = 8.243, P = 0.041). Compared health group to CP with T2DM group, OR value of the genetype T was 0.962, 95% confidence interval lay in between 0.737 to 1.256, which showed T maybe a protective factor. While OR value of the genetype G was 1.043, 95% confidence interval lay in between 0.781 to 1.391, which showed G maybe a risk factor. However, neither T nor G was statistically significant.
Conclusion:
Based on these findings, there are some association between eNOS Glu298Asp polymorphism and the risk of CP group, T2DM group, CP with T2DM group.
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