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SynthesisLipids in health and disease2015

Associations of the APOC3 rs5128 polymorphism with plasma APOC3 and lipid levels: a meta-analysis.

Yongyan Song, Liren Zhu, Mudwari Richa, Ping Li, Yang Yang, Suping Li

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Synthesis in Lipids in health and disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yongyan SongDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, School of Preclinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, P R. China. Songyongyan2014@hotmail.com.
Liren ZhuSchool of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, P R. China. 317766681@qq.com.
Mudwari RichaSchool of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, P R. China. richa_35@hotmail.com.
Ping LiSchool of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, P R. China. 1061275946@qq.com.
Yang YangSchool of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, P R. China. 1612752065@qq.com.
Suping LiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, P R. China. Supingli2013@hotmail.com.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStudies of the association between the apolipoprotein C3 gene (APOC3) rs5128 polymorphism and plasma levels of apolipoprotein C3 (APOC3) and lipids have reported apparently conflicting findings. This meta-analysis aimed to investigate the associations of the rs5128 polymorphism with fasting APOC3 and lipid levels.

methodsThe following information was abstracted for each study: ethnicity, age, sex, health condition, sample size, genotyping and lipid assay methods, mean and standard deviation or standard error by genotypes for APOC3 and lipid variables. There were 42 eligible studies with 23846 subjects included in this meta-analysis. A dominant model was used for this meta-analysis.

resultsThe results showed that the carriers of the variant allele G had higher levels of APOC3 [standardized mean difference (SMD): 0.22, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.12-0.31, P<0.00001], triglycerides (TG) (SMD: 0.33, 95% CI: 0.23-0.44, P<0.00001), total cholesterol (TC) (SMD: 0.15, 95% CI: 0.09-0.22, P<0.00001), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (SMD: 0.11, 95% CI: 0.04-0.17, P=0.001) than the non-carriers. No significant association between the APOC3 rs5128 polymorphism and lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was detected under the dominant model (SMD: -0.03, 95% CI: -0.06-0.01, P=0.156).

conclusionsThe results from the present meta-analysis demonstrate a significant association between the APOC3 rs5128 polymorphism and higher levels of APOC3, TG, TC and LDL-C, but further studies are needed to elucidate the underlying mechanisms.

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Apolipoprotein C-IIICholesterolCholesterol, LDLFemaleHumansLipidsMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotideTriglyceridesApolipoprotein C-IIICholesterolCholesterol, LDLLipidsTriglycerides

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PMID25928461
PMCPMC4457007

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