Research Article

Association between a Variant in MicroRNA-646 and the Susceptibility to Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Large-Scale Population

Table 2

Association between genotypes/alleles of miR-646 rs6513497 and the risk of HCC.

Genotypes Controls HCC patients HCC patients with HBV
Number (%) Number (%) OR (95% CI)a valueaNumber (%) OR (95% CI)a valuea

miR-646 rs6513497 = 993 = 997 = 771
 TT 795 (80.1) 825 (82.7) 1.000 639 (82.9) 1.000
 GT 186 (18.7) 166 (16.6) 0.812 (0.635–1.037) 0.095 126 (16.3) 0.814 (0.621–1.067) 0.137
 GG 12 (12.2) 6 (0.6) 0.468 (0.167–1.308) 0.147 6 (0.8) 0.631 (0.222–1.793) 0.387
Dominant model
(TT versus GT + GG)
0.791 (0.622–1.005) 0.055 0.803 (0.616–1.046) 0.104
Recessive model
(TT + GT versus GG)
0.485 (0.174–1.355) 0.168 0.654 (0.230–1.856) 0.425
 T 1776 (0.9) 1816 (0.9) 1.000 1402 (91.0) 1.000
 G 210 (0.1) 178 (0.1) 0.788 (0.631–0.985) 0.037*138 (9.0) 0.814 (0.637–1.039) 0.098

aORs and values were all obtained after adjusting for age, gender, smoking status, and wine status.
value less than 0.05.