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Published on: February 25, 2016
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms and risk of erectile dysfunction: An updated meta-analysis of
Han-Xin Yao1, Fu-Zhe Ma2, Yu-Ying Tan3
1Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Purpose:
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) polymorphisms have been implicated as risk factors for erectile dysfunction (ED), but the results of genetic association studies are inconclusive. We performed a meta-analysis of published studies investigating the association between ED and three eNOS polymorphisms, intron 4 VNTR, G894T and T786C in humans.
Methods:
The PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI and Google Scholar databases were searched for relevant studies published up to November 2017. Association studies with case-control design were included. For each study with genotype information we calculated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Results:
The search identified 13 eligible studies. The G894T and T786C polymorphisms showed a significant association with ED risk in Caucasians (GT + TT versus GG for G894T: OR = 2.13, 95% CI = 1.08-4.19; CC versus CT + TT for T786C: OR = 3.29, 95% CI = 2.30-4.72) and Asians (GT + TT versus GG for G894T: OR = 2.08, 95% CI = 1.53-2.84; CC + CT versus TT for T786C: OR = 3.13, 95% CI = 1.35-7.25). In addition, the intron 4 VNTR polymorphism was associated with ED risk only among Caucasian subjects (aa versus bb + ab: OR = 2.38, 95% CI = 1.15-4.93). We found no evidence of publication bias. The robustness of overall analyses was ensured in sensitivity analyses excluding studies deviating from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
Conclusion:
Our findings suggest that common genetic polymorphisms in the eNOS gene contribute to risk of ED, presumably by effects on eNOS activity and NO availability.
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