Open AccessRelationship between angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion gene polymorphism and prostate cancer susceptibility
Author(s) -
Zhongyang Wang,
Hongyan Li,
Zongpei Jiang,
Tian-Biao Zhou
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.171366
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , odds ratio , genotype , medicine , oncology , allele , angiotensin converting enzyme , cochrane library , meta analysis , confidence interval , gene polymorphism , population , gynecology , genetics , cancer , biology , gene , blood pressure , environmental health
Investigations on the relationship between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) gene polymorphism and prostate cancer risk are conflicting. This meta-analysis was conducted to assess the relationship between ACE I/D gene polymorphism and prostate cancer risk.