Research Article

Genetic Variants of lncRNA GAS5 Contribute to Susceptibility of Ischemic Stroke among Southern Chinese Population

Table 5

Stratified analysis between the genotypes and alleles of lncRNA GAS5 rs55829688 polymorphism among IS patients and the control group.

CharacteristicsIS patient groupControl groupa valuea value
Genotype, (%)Allele, (%)Genotype, (%)Allele, (%)
TTTCCCTCTTTCCCTC

Age
 ≥65315 (50.4)244 (40.5)56 (9.1)874 (71.1)356 (28.9)278 (49.4)230 (40.8)55 (9.8)786 (69.8)340 (30.2)0.890.62
 <65264 (56.1)171 (36.3)36 (7.6)699 (74.2)243 (25.8)239 (49.6)200 (41.5)43 (8.9)678 (70.3)286 (29.7)0.640.35
Gender
 Male390 (52.8)289 (39.2)59 (8.0)1069 (72.4)407 (27.6)259 (50.7)211 (41.3)41 (8.0)729 (71.3)293 (28.7)0.930.62
 Female189 (54.3)126 (36.2)33 (9.5)504 (72.4)192 (27.6)258 (48.3)219 (41.0)57 (10.7)735 (68.8)333 (31.2)0.640.35
Smoking
 Yes167 (54.9)105 (34.5)32 (10.5)439 (72.2)169 (27.8)60 (48.0)53 (42.4)12 (9.6)173 (69.2)77 (30.8)0.640.62
 No412 (52.7)310 (39.6)60 (7.7)1134 (72.5)430 (27.5)457 (49.7)377 (41.0)86 (9.3)1291 (70.2)549 (29.8)0.640.35
Diabetes
 Yes191 (52.2)140 (38.3)35 (9.5)522 (71.3)210 (28.7)55 (47.8)48 (41.7)12 (10.5)158 (68.7)72 (31.3)0.930.62
 No388 (53.9)275 (38.2)57 (7.9)1051 (73.0)389 (27.0)462 (49.7)382 (41.1)86 (9.2)1306 (70.2)554 (29.8)0.640.35
Hypertension
 Yes442 (53.4)316 (38.1)70 (8.5)1200 (72.5)456 (27.5)177 (51.9)134 (42.2)30 (8.8)488 (71.6)194 (28.4)0.890.68
 No137 (53.1)99 (38.4)22 (8.5)373 (72.3)143 (27.7)340 (50.0)296 (40.6)68 (9.4)976 (69.3)432 (30.7)0.430.44

GAS5: growth arrest special 5; IS: ischemic stroke; lncRNA: long noncoding RNA. : value of the difference in genotypes between the case and control groups; : value of the difference in alleles between the case and control groups; afalse discovery rate-adjusted value for multiple hypotheses testing using the Benjamini-Hochberg method.