Association between Periodontitis and Gene polymorphisms of hBD-1 and CD14: a meta-analysis

The aim of this meta-analysis was to analyze the association between periodontitis risk and gene polymorphisms of hBD-1 (rs11362, rs1799946 and rs1800972) and CD14 (rs2569190) by data synthesis.

This meta-analysis was performed using the PubMed and China National Knowledge Infrastructure databases and included 18 case-control studies. Statistical analyses were completed with Stata 12.0.

In the overall analysis, there was no significant association between DEFB1 polymorphisms (rs11362, rs1799946 and rs1800972) and periodontitis risk. However, when examined by ethnicity, rs11362 (AG + AA vs GG: pooled OR = 3.561, 95% CI = 1.986-6.386, P = 0.000), rs1800972 (GC vs CC: pooled OR=0.391, 95% CI=0.216-0.708, P = 0.002; G vs C: pooled OR = 0.540, 95% CI = 0.337-0.867, P = 0.011) and rs1799946 (AG+AA vs GG: pooled OR=1.995, 95% CI=1.163-3.422, P = 0.012) polymorphisms were associated with periodontitis risk in Asian. Similarly, rs11362 and rs1799946 polymorphisms were related to periodontitis risk in Brazilian. In the stratified analysis by type of disease, rs1799946 polymorphism (AA vs GG: OR=1.444, 95% CI=1.051-1.983, P = 0.023; AG+AA vs GG: OR=1.374, 95% CI=1.021-1.849, P = 0.036; A vs G: OR=1.172, 95% CI=1.012-1.358, P = 0.034) and rs1800972 polymorphisms (GC vs CC: OR = 0.790, 95% CI = 0.638-0.979, P = 0.031; GG vs CC: OR=0.542, 95% CI=0.316-0.930, P = 0.026; GC+GG vs CC: OR=0.759, 95% CI=0.617-0.933, P = 0.009; G vs C: OR=0.773, 95% CI=0.649-0.921, P = 0.004) had significant associations with aggressive periodontitis (AP) risk. Nevertheless, in the overall and stratified analysis by the severity of periodontitis and ethnicity, no significant association was discovered between CD14 polymorphisms and periodontitis.

This meta-analysis demonstrated that gene polymorphism of DEFB1 but not of CD14 might be involved in periodontitis risk.