Objective To assess the association of interleukin-6 (IL-6)-174C/G and-572C/G gene polymorphisms with hy-pertension risk.Methods The electronic databases,such as Pubmed,Web of Science,Google scholar,China National Knowl-edge Infrastrure and Wanfang database were searched by the interleukin-6,polymorphism,IL-6,hypertension,high blood pressure as the keywords/abstract.Random effect model was used to calculate the pooled odds ratio.Results The meta-a-nalysis included 6 studies with 1 041 hypertension cases and 1 088 health subjects,which was no significant association be-tween IL-6-174C/G gene polymorphism and hypertension (C vs G:OR=0.50,95%CI=0.22~ 1.14,P =0.10),and in the stratified analysis by ethnicity,no significant was found in Asian subgroup (C vs G:OR=0.75,95%CI=0.41~1.38,P =0.36).There was also no association between IL-6-572C/G gene polymorphism and hypertension in Asian (C vs G:OR =0.76,95%CI=0.51~1.15,P =0.20).Conclusion The IL-6-174C/G and-572C/G gene polymorphisms were suggested to be no related to the increased risk of hypertension in Asian.

Objective To study the relationship and clinical significance of hepatitis B genotype distribution in Xi'an City and clinical relative indicators.Methods The nested PCR was used to amplify HBV DNA in 389 serum samples from HBV infected pa-tients in Xi'an City ,then polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RLFP) was used to identify HBV genotypes.Results Among 389 cases of HBV Infection in Xi'an City ,58 cases of HBV B genotype accounted for 14.9% (58/389) ,326 cases of HBV C genotype accounted for 83.8% (326/389) and 5 cases of HBV B/C mixed type accounted for 1.2% (5/389).The gender ,HBeAg positive rate ,HBV DNA load level ,ALT and AST had no statistical difference between HBV genotype B and C with the patients(P>0.05);There was no statistically significant in the distribution of B and C genotypes between the pa-tients with chronic hepatitis B and HBV carriers (P>0.05) ,but it had statistical difference between liver cirrhosis and hepatocellu-lar carcinoma(P<0.05).HBV genotype C was easier to develop liver cirrhosis even liver cancer than genotype B.Conclusion The three kinds of HBV genotype B ,C and B/C exist in the HBV infected persons in Xi'an City ,with the genotype C as the main geno-type ,genotype B takes the second and mixed genotype B/C is minimal.The liver cirrhosis occurrence has a certain relationship with the genotype C ,which suggesting that the genotype C is more likely to develop liver cirrhosis.