Research Article

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

Table 3

Comparison of genotype/allele frequencies of miR-646 rs6513497 in male subjects.

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

miR-646 rs6513497 = 721 = 819 = 643
 TT 570 (79.1) 685 (83.6) 1.000 536 (83.4) 1.000
 GT 143 (19.8) 129 (15.8) 0.692 (0.523–0.915) 0.010*102 (15.9) 0.719 (0.531–0.973) 0.033*
 GG 8 (1.1) 5 (0.6) 0.492 (0.151–1.596) 0.237 5 (0.7) 0.650 (0.198–2.134) 0.478
Dominant model
(TT versus GT + GG)
0.681 (0.517–0.896) 0.006*0.715 (0.532–0.962) 0.027*
Recessive model
(TT + GT versus GG)
0.525 (0.162–1.701) 0.023*0.690 (0.211–2.259) 0.540
 T 1283 (89.0) 1499 (91.5) 1.000 1172 (91.3) 1.000
 G 159 (11.0) 139 (8.5) 0.695 (0.539–0.897) 0.005*112 (8.7) 0.739 (0.562–0.972) 0.030*

aORs and values were obtained after the adjustment of age, gender, smoking status, and wine status.
value less than 0.05.