Abstract:Objective To investigate the association between the p21 codon31 polymorphism and statistics, cervical cancer risk and clinicopathological characteristics in Chinese Han population. Methods Totally 178 cases of cervical cancer from January 2014 to June 2016 in Xi'an and Hunan provinces of Shaanxi Province were selected as the study group, and 237 healthy people at the same time and place were selected as the control group. The polymorphism of p21 codon31 gene was typed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Genotypes and clinicopathological parameters of the two groups were analyzed. Results Ser allele frequency of p21 codon31 gene in control group was higher than that in research group (P < 0.05). Ser/Ser genotype frequency of p21 codon31 gene in research group was higher than that in control group (P < 0.05). Ser allele carriers of p21 codon31 gene had 1.345 times higher risk of cervical cancer than those of Arg allele carriers (P < 0.05). Ser/Se of p21 codon31 gene was 1.345 times higher than that of Arg allele carriers (P < 0.05). The risk of cervical cancer in carriers of R genotype was 2.01 times higher than that in carriers of Arg/Arg genotype (P < 0.05). Conclusions The polymorphism of p21 codon31 gene is associated with the risk of cervical cancer in Chinese Han population. Ser/Ser genotype carriers of p21 codon31 gene have higher risk of cervical cancer.