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SUBMITTER: Li YY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5668385 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Yan-Yan YY Gong Ge G Geng Hong-Yu HY Qian Yun Y
The Korean journal of internal medicine 20161208 6
<h4>Background/aims</h4>The p22phox C242T gene polymorphism (rs4673) may be linked to an increased susceptibility for overt diabetic nephropathy (ODN), but the study results are still inconclusive.<h4>Methods</h4>To explore the relationship between p22phox C242T gene polymorphism and ODN, the current meta-analysis of 707 ODN patients and 745 controls from five individual studies was conducted. The pooled odds ratio (OR) and its corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) were evaluated by either ...[more]