0. 05). However, the serum CYFRA21-1 level was related to the histologic classification (P

Objective: To explore the risk factors for ventricular aneurysm formation in patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Methods: Our research included 2 groups of AMI patients who received percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
in our hospital from 2012-04 to 2014-07 as Ventricular aneurysm group,n=146 and Control group,n=142, in which the AMI patients without ventricular aneurysm formation. The baseline condition with aneurysm related risk factors were analyzed and compared between 2 groups including age, gender, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes, smoking, family history, MI history, anterior myocardial wall infarction, angina pectoris, left main (LM) disease, the lesion at proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery, NYHA classiifcation III/IV, chest pain time ≥ 24 hours and ST-segment elevation ≥ 4 adjacent leads in ECG.
Results: Compared with Control group, the patients in Ventricular aneurysm group had the elder age (OR=1.023, 95% CI 1.000-1.046), higher incidence rates of smoking (OR=1.819, 95% CI 1.130-2.928) and anterior MI (OR=9.162, 95% CI 4.657-18.028), more patients with ≥ 4 adjacent ST-segment elevation (OR=6.571, 95% CI 2.426-17.798), while less patients with angina pectoris (OR=0.557, 95% CI 0.335-0.927, allP<0.05. With adjusted relating factors of age, gender, hypertension, diabetes and angina pectoris, the multivariate Logistic regression analysis indicated that smoking (regression coefifcient: 0.833, OR=2.301, 95% CI 1.283-4.125), anterior MI (regression coefifcient: 1.799, OR=6.041, 95% CI 2.831-12.894) were positively related to ventricular aneurysm formation.
Conclusion: Smoking and anterior MI were strongly related to ventricular aneurysm formation in patients after AMI.

Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (pNEN) is highly heterogeneous, and the prognosis varies among tumors of different stages and grades. However, there is lacking high pro-gnostic predictors with sensitivity and specificity. Inflammation plays a pivotal role in the occurrence and development of different tumors, various inflammatory markers such as neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-lymphocyte ratio, lymphocyte-monocyte ratio are of great significance in the diagnosis, treat-ment, and prognosis of tumors. Several studies have demonstrated that inflammatory markers are associated with poor prognosis and can serve as predictive factors for tumor prognosis. The authors summarize recent advances in the researches focused on the prognostic value of inflamma-tory markers in pNEN, in order to provide novel insights for clinical decision-making of pNEN.

Background: Vitamin D receptor (VDR) is associated with the occurrence and development of ulcerative colitis (UC). The expression and function of VDR may be affected by its gene polymorphisms, and thus affecting the occurrence of UC. However, results of studies are still in controversary. Aims: To explore the relationship between VDR gene polymorphisms and UC. Methods: Studies on correlation of VDR gene (Apa, Bsm, Fok, Taq) polymorphisms with UC were retrieved from SinoMed, CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, Embase, PubMed, The Cochrane Library databases. Literatures were enrolled according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the data were extracted. RevMan 5.3 was used to conducted meta-analysis. Results: A total of 11 studies involving 1 811 UC patients were included. Meta-analysis showed that VDR gene Fok polymorphism (FF + Ff vs. ff: OR=0.67, 95% CI: 0.49-0.92, P=0.01), allele (F vs. f: OR=0.81, 95% CI: 0.68-0.96, P=0.02) were significantly correlated with the susceptibility of UC. Among which, Fok polymorphism (FF+Ff vs. ff: OR=0.59, 95% CI: 0.37-0.94, P=0.03), allele (F vs. f: OR=0.76, 95% CI: 0.60-0.97, P=0.03) were significantly correlated with the susceptibility of UC in Asian, but not in Caucasian population (P>0.05). No significant association was observed between Apa, Bsm, or Taq polymorphisms and UC (P>0.05). Conclusions: Existing evidence shows that VDR gene Fok polymorphism might contribute to UC susceptibility, however, Apa, Bsm, and Taq polymorphisms might not be significantly correlated with UC.