Associations of the decoy receptor and osteoprotegerin gene polymorphisms with ulcerative colitis in Chinese patients

Objective To investigate the correlation between decoy receptor(DcR)1,DcR2 and osteoprotegerin(OPG)gene polymorphisms with the susceptibility to ulcerative colitis(UC)in Chinese population.Methods A total of352 patients with UC as well as 463 sex-and agematched healthy controls were recruited in the study.The genetic polymorphisms of DcR1(rs12549481),DcR2(rs1133782)and OPG(rs3102735)were deter-