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However, the associations between genetic variants in H19 and susceptibility of coal workers\u2019 pneumoconiosis (CWP) have been seldom reported. In the present study, three potential polymorphisms (rs2067051, rs217727, and rs2839702) in H19 were genotyped in a case-control study including 703 CWP cases and 705 controls. We found that individuals with the H19 rs2067051 CT\/TT genotypes showed a decreased risk of CWP compared with those with the CC genotype (adjusted OR = 0.64, 95%CI = 0.49\u20130.83, p = 0.001). Further stratified analyses revealed that the associations between variant genotypes of rs2067051 and the risk of CWP were more prominent in subjects of non-smokers (adjusted OR = 0.55, 95%CI = 0.39\u20130.79, p = 0.001) and CWP patients with Stage I (adjusted OR = 0.63, 95%CI = 0.46\u20130.86, p = 0.004). Additionally, the protective effects of H19 rs2067051 were also evident in coal miners both with dust exposure years &lt;25 years (adjusted OR = 0.63, 95%CI = 0.42\u20130.95, p = 0.026) and \u226525 years (adjusted OR = 0.57, 95%CI = 0.40\u20130.80, p = 0.001). Our results indicated that rs2067051 in the H19 gene is correlated with a deceased risk of CWP in a Chinese population, which may be a potential genetic marker for prevention and intervention of CWP. Further functional studies are warranted to validate our findings.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph13090903","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,9,12]],"date-time":"2016-09-12T10:24:41Z","timestamp":1473675881000},"page":"903","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Polymorphisms in Long Noncoding RNA H19 Contribute to the Protective Effects of Coal Workers\u2019 Pneumoconiosis in a Chinese Population"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Qiuyun","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China"},{"name":"School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Weiwen","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ruhui","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jingjin","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jiali","family":"Yuan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaoming","family":"Ji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chunhui","family":"Ni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,9,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"249","DOI":"10.4104\/pcrj.2013.00055","article-title":"Pneumoconiosis","volume":"22","author":"Cullinan","year":"2013","journal-title":"Prim. 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