Korean J Fertil Steril.  2004 Mar;31(1):51-57.

Association of the COMT Gene Polymorphism with the Risk of Endometriosis in Korean Women

• Lee SR
• Lee SH
• Lee WJ
• Hur SE
• Lee JY
• Moon HS
• Chung HW

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To investigate whether polymorphism of gene encoding COMT is associated with the risk of endometriosis in Korean women.
METHODS
We investigated 136 patients with histopathologically confirmed endometriosis rAFS stage III/IV and 251 control group women who were surgically proven to have no endometriosis. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of PCR products were done to determine each participant's COMT genotype.
RESULTS
The distribution according to NIaIII genetic polymorphisms of COMT were as follows. COMT HH, COMT HL, and COMT LL genotypes were 56.6% (77 women), 34.6% (47 women) and 8.8% (12 women) in the study group and 50.6% (127 women), 39.4% (99 women) and 10.0% (25 women) in the control group. There was no significant difference between the study group and the control group.
CONCLUSION
The results suggest that COMT genetic polymorphism may not be associated with the development of endometriosis in Korean women.

Keyword

Endometriosis; Genetic polymorphism; COMT; NIaIII

MeSH Terms

Endometriosis*
Female
Genotype
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length