Association between MTHFR C677T polymorphism and abdominal aortic aneurysm risk A comprehensive meta-analysis with 10,123 participants involved

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 36, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Jie ^a   Jia, Xin ^a   Li, Haifeng ^b   Jia, Senhao ^a   Zhang, Minhong ^a   Xu, Yongle ^a   Du, Xin ^a   Zhang, Nianrong ^c   Lu, Weihang ^a   Guo, Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Shanxian Dongda Hospital   (China)

^c Chinese Japanese Friendship Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Homocysteine; Metaanalysis; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMBASE; ETHNICITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STUDY DESIGN; AGE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MTHFR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGE FACTORS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84988360805     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004793     Document Type: Article

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