Abstract:There are inconsistencies in the published findings on the association of variant rs556621 in an intergenic region on Chromosome 6p21.1 with the risk of developing ischemic stroke (IS) and a major IS subtype (large artery atherosclerosis, LAA) in Chinese populations. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the association of variant rs556621 with IS/LAA risk using ten studies involving 3644 IS cases and 3692 controls (including seven studies involving 2268 LAA cases and 2268 controls) from China. The AA genot… Show more
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