CLINICAL RESEARCH
Updated analysis of vitamin D receptor gene FokI polymorphism and prostate cancer susceptibility
 
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Submission date: 2015-09-02
 
 
Final revision date: 2015-10-19
 
 
Acceptance date: 2015-11-03
 
 
Online publication date: 2016-08-16
 
 
Publication date: 2017-10-30
 
 
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(6):1449-1458
 
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Introduction: Polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene have been investigated in various case-control studies to evaluate prostate cancer susceptibility; however, published data on the association between vitamin D receptor gene FokI polymorphism and prostate cancer risk are inconclusive.
Material and methods: To assess the impact of vitamin D receptor gene FokI polymorphism, we performed a meta-analysis of eligible studies including 9,720 patients and 9,710 control subjects.
Results: The overall results indicated no obvious association of this variant on prostate cancer risk. However, in subgroup analysis by ethnicity, positive associations existed in Caucasian descendents for allelic contrast (OR = 1.03, 95% CI: 1.00–1.06, pheterogeneity = 0.552, p = 0.026) and the dominant genetic model (OR = 1.03, 95% CI: 1.00–1.05, pheterogeneity = 0.856, p = 0.032). In the subgroup analysis by tumor stage, there was a significant association between this variant and advanced prostate cancer under the recessive genetic model (OR = 1.15, 95% CI: 1.01–1.32, pheterogeneity = 0.469, p = 0.032). In the subgroup analysis by source of control, association of the VDR FokI polymorphism and prostate cancer susceptibility was also found in population-based studies under homozygote comparison and the recessive genetic model.
Conclusions: The VDR FokI polymorphism may contribute to the risk of developing prostate cancer in Caucasian and population-based studies. Further large, well-designed studies are warranted to confirm this conclusion in more detail.
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