Association Between Aspirin Use and Risk of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between aspirin use and risk of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). METHODS: A systematic search was performed in various databases updated on October 22, 2019. The heterogeneity test was performed for each outcome variable. Random-effect model and fixed-effect model were respectively conducted according to the heterogeneity statistics. Trial sequential analysis was used to control random errors. RESULTS: Ten studies involving 1,107,616 patients were involved in this meta-analysis. No significant association was shown between aspirin users and non-aspirin users regarding the risk of aSAH (odds ratio [OR]: 0.981, 95% confidential interval [CI]: 0.773-1.312, P = 0.897]. The results of subgroup analyses indicated that the risk of aSAH was notably associated with a short-term use of aspirin (<3 months) (OR: 1.697, 95% CI: 1.175-2.452, P = 0.005), but not aspirin use for 3-12 months (OR: 1.026, 95% CI: 0.609-1.730, P = 0.922), 1-3 years (OR: 0.942, 95% CI: 0.660-1.346, P = 0.744), >3 years (OR: 0.892, 95% CI: 0.573-1.389, P = 0.612), ≤2 times per week (OR: 0.857, 95% CI: 0.560-1.313, P = 0.479), ≥3 times per week (OR: 1.104, 95% CI: 0.555-2.193, P = 0.778) and former use (OR: 1.029, 95% CI: 0.482-2.196, P = 0.941). CONCLUSIONS: A short-term use of aspirin (<3 months) is associated with an elevated risk of aSAH, whereas the role of its long-term use in either decreasing or increasing the risk of aSAH still requires well-designed, large-scale randomized control trials for verification.

Association between common polymorphisms in ERCC gene and glioma risk: A meta-analysis of 15 studies.

BACKGROUND: A number of studies have investigated the roles of excision repair cross complementation group 1 (ERCC1), ERCC2, and ERCC5 genes polymorphisms in the development of glioma; however, the results were inconsistent. Here, we performed a meta-analysis to investigate the association between 6 polymorphisms in the ERCC genes (rs3212986, rs11615, rs13181, rs1799793, rs238406, rs17655) and glioma risk. METHODS: The PubMed, Embase, and Web of science were searched up to September 6, 2016, for studies on the association between ERCC polymorphisms and glioma risk. A fixed-effects or random-effects model was used to calculate the pooled odds ratios based on the results from the heterogeneity tests. Sensitivity and cumulative meta-analyses were also performed. RESULTS: A total of 15 studies were eligible for the pooled analysis, conducted in 2 populations of ethnic descent: 8 Europeans and 7 Asians. The results showed that ERCC1 rs3212986 polymorphism was positively associated with glioma [AA vs CC: odds ratio (OR) = 1.298, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 1.043-1.230, P = .025]. Association of the ERCC2 rs13181 and rs1799793 polymorphisms was only observed in Asians (CC vs AA for rs13181: OR = 1.539, 95% CI = 1.122-2.109, P = .007; AA vs GG for rs1799793: OR = 1.474, 95% CI = 1.090-1.994, P = .012). However, no association was observed between glioma risk and ERCC1 rs11615, ERCC2 rs238406, and ERCC5 rs17655 polymorphisms. Moreover, sensitivity and cumulative meta-analyses confirmed the stability of the results. CONCLUSIONS: Our meta-analysis indicated that the ERCC1 rs3212986 polymorphism and 2 polymorphisms in ERCC2 gene (rs13181 and rs1799793) contributed to the susceptibility of glioma.