Abstract:Objective To study the distribution of peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) gene C1431T single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a Chinese population and its relationship with cerebral hemorrhage (CH).Methods The distribution of PPARγ gene SNP in the CH group and the control group was determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism.Results In the CH group, the frequencies of PPARγ gene C1431T genotypes, CC and CT+TT, were 43.8% and 56.2%, respectively, while the frequencies of the C allele and the T allele were 70.1% and 29.9%, respectively. In the control group, the frequencies of the genotypes, CC and CT+TT, were 62.1℅ and 37.9℅, respectively, while the frequencies of the C allele and the T allele were 79.8% and 20.2%, respectively. Therefore, the frequencies of PPARγ gene 1431 T/X genotype and the T allele were significantly higher in the CH group than in the control group (P=0.000; P=0.000).Conclusions The PPARγ gene C1431T SNP may be associated with CH, and the C allele may be positively associated with the incidence of CH.