Associations of rs524952 and rs634990 gene polymorphisms in 15q14 with high myopia: A meta-analysis

PURPOSE: Many studies have been conducted to investigate the association between the rs524952 and rs634990 polymorphisms and high myopia (HM). However, the results were conflicting. Thus, a meta-analysis was needed to reveal the real association between the two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and HM. METHODS: All eligible studies published in Pubmed, Embase, China Biologic Medicine (CBM), the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), the Cochrane Library, and the Web of Science from 2010 to March 2019 were examined. RESULTS: Six comparison groups in four studies with 5,293 subjects for the rs524952 polymorphism and five studies with 6,750 subjects for the rs634990 polymorphism were included. No statistically significant associations were observed between the rs524952 and rs634990 polymorphisms and HM under the allelic model, recessive genetic model, and dominant genetic model in this meta-analysis. Subgroup analysis was conducted by dividing the studies into two groups according to the case sample size, which showed that the association between the rs524952 polymorphism and HM was found only in a subgroup of fewer than 300 cases under the dominant genetic model (OR=0.64; 95% confidence interval [CI]:0.43–0.96). Sensitivity analysis for the rs524952 polymorphism suggested the results of this study were stable under all the genetic models. However, the association between the rs634990 polymorphism and HM turned out to be statistically significant in the allelic, recessive, and dominant genetic models after the omission of Qiang et al.’s study. No publication bias was found. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this meta-analysis suggested the rs524952 and rs634990 polymorphisms may have nothing to do with the development of HM. The present results must be confirmed with larger-scale studies in the future.