<Emphasis Type="Italic">Complement factor H</Emphasis> Y402H gene polymorphism and coronary heart disease susceptibility: a meta-analysis

The complement factor H (CFH) Y402H (T1277C) gene polymorphism has been reported to be associated with coronary heart disease (CHD), but results were conflicting. To evaluate the role of the variant in CHD, we performed meta-analyses of all available data. Both electronic and manual searches were performed, all relevant studies were identified. ORs with 95% confidential intervals (CI) under codominant (CC versus TT, TC versus TT), dominant (CC + TC versus TT) and recessive (CC versus TT + TC) models were calculated. Publication bias was addressed. Ten studies including 11 cohorts comprising of 29,764 participants were included. No association between the CFH T1227C polymorphism and CHD could be found. (For overall analysis: dominant model, OR = 1.04, 95%CI: 0.97–1.11; recessive model, OR = 1.04, 95%CI: 0.97–1.11; for Caucasian subgroup: OR = 1.08 95%CI: 0.92–1.27; recessive model, OR = 1.03, 95%CI: 0.96–1.11). Two studies reported positive results in separate population (Caucasian study: recessive model, OR = 0.51, 95%CI: 0.30–0.86; Asians study: dominant model, OR = 2.37, 95%CI: 1.13–4.96). Current evidence do not support the association between the CFH T1277C polymorphism and CHD risk among common population. The association, which could be influenced by CHD onset age, CHD risk factors status and genetics backgrounds, might be significant in some population. More studies on different CHD onset ages and risk factor status should be encouraged.