Objective To systematically evaluate the association between IL-6 gene rs1800796 polymorphism and febrile seizures(FS)susceptibility.Methods The related literatures on IL-6 gene rs1800796 polymorphism and febrile seizures(FS)susceptibility were retrieved from PubMed,Web of Science Embase,Cochrane Library,CNKI,WanFang,VIP and CBM Databases by computer.OR and its 95％CI were taken as the pooled effects.The RevMan 5.2 software was adopted to conduct the statistical analysis.The publication bias analysis was performed by using the STATA12.0 software.Results Seven independent case-control studies were included according to the inclusion and exclusion standard,involving 516 accumulated cases and 528 controls.The results showed that IL-6 gene rs1800796 polymorphism had a significant association with FS susceptibility in Chinese population(GG+CG vs.CC:OR=2.22,P=0.05;G vs.C:OR=2.44,P<0.01;GG vs.CC:OR=3.69,P=0.03;GG vs.CG+CC:OR=3.43,P<0.01).The subgroup analysis was conducted according to possible important confounding factors,and the results showed that this gene polymorphism had a significant association with FS susceptibility in Chinese population(GG+CG vs.CC:OR=3.32,P<0.01;G vs.C:OR=3.23,P<0.01;GG vs.CC:OR=7.27,P<0.01;GG vs.CG+CC:OR=5.17,P<0.01:CG vs.CC:OR=2.56,P=0.02).But in other populations,except recessive model(GG vs.CG+CC:OR=2.40,P<0.01),all other genetic models did not display obvious correlation.The subgroup analysis was conducted by FS diagnostic standard,and the results showed that this gene polymorphism had a significant correlation with infantile FS onset in diagnosing FS by the Chinese standard(GG+CG vs.CC:OR=4.57,P<0.01;G vs.C:OR=4.36,P<0.01;GG vs.CC:OR=12.75,P<0.01;GG vs.CG+CC:OR=8.60,P<0.01:CG vs.CC:OR=3.40,P<0.01).Conclusion IL-6 gene rs1800796 polymorphism may be associated with infantile FS susceptibility and allele G may be a risk factor for FS onset.