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SUBMITTER: Sampath V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5055643 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 20160301 3
Reactive oxygen species mediate intestinal injury in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and yet the contribution of antioxidant response (ARE) gene polymorphisms to NEC risk remains unknown. Premature infants recruited in a multicenter study were genotyped for 6 ARE variants. Among 637 infants, 52 had NEC, and 22 developed surgical NEC. Gestational age <28 weeks (P < 0.02) and African American race (P = 0.03) were associated with NEC. The NFE2L2 (rs6721961), SOD2 (rs4880), GSTP1 (rs1695), NQO1 (rs ...[more]