Association of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms and avascular necrosis of femoral head / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the association of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) polymorphisms and avascular necrosis of femoral head (ANFH),to explore possible relationship between the ANFH incidence and 27-bp repeat polymorphism in intron 4 and G894T polymorphism in exon 7.Methods Totally 125 atraumatic ANFH patients and 126 healthy controls without hip trauma history were enrolled.Gene polymorphisms in 27-bp repeat polymorphism in intron 4 and G894T polymorphism in exon 7 were determined.Medical history was collected for etiology analysis.Results In between-group comparison,the frequency of b/a genotype intron 4 in ANFH group was significantly higher than that in healthy control group [19/125 (15.2％) vs 6/126 (4.8％),P =0.0001,OR =4.501],and the result of G/T genotype exon 7 in the ANFH group also indicated a statistical significance with the healthy control group [30/125 (24.0％) vs 17/126 (13.5％),P =0.0094,OR =3.804].In subgroup analysis,genotype b/a and G/T were especially higher in the idiopathic group than that in the healthy control group.Conclusions eNOS gene polymorphisms might be a risk factor of ANFH,there is underlying relevance of eNOS and the disease.Both 27-bp repeat polymorphism in intron 4 and G894T polymorphism in exon 7 are associated with ANFH incidence.