Table 2 The detailed characteristics of all eligible studies for MTHFR A1298C polymorphism

From: Association Between MTHFR Polymorphisms and Congenital Heart Disease: A Meta-analysis based on 9,329 cases and 15,076 controls

   

    MTHFR A1298C

  
   

   Children

   Mother

  
   

  Cases

  Controls

  Cases

  Controls

  

Study

Year

Country (Ethnicity **)

AA

AC

CC

AA

AC

CC

HWE

AA

AC

CC

AA

AC

CC

HWE

Methods

Main types of CHD *

Storti et al

2003

Italy (C)

45

47

11

101

86

13

0.387

49

46

8

101

86

13

0.387

PCR-RFLP

VSD,TOF, DORV, PA, d-TGA, AC

Nurk et al

2004

Norway (C)

9

13

3

6607

6342

1525

0.955

RT-PCR

Congenital Anomalies Heart

Galdieri et al

2007

Brazil (M)

35

21

1

19

16

3

1.000

26

17

4

15

10

1

1.000

PCR-RFLP

Congenital Heart Defects

van Driel et al

2008

Netherlands (C)

112

90

27

97

129

25

0.073

104

102

24

116

104

31

0.319

PCR-RFLP

TOF, TGA, ASD, VSD, CoA, AS, PS, HLHS,

Obermann-Borst et al

2010

Netherlands (C)

69

57

13

75

90

18

0.256

PCR-RFLP

TOF, TGA, ASD, VSD, CoA, AS, PS, HLHS

Xu et al

2010

China (A)

316

168

18

326

185

16

0.110

PCR-RFLP

Cyanotic Cardiac Disease, ASD, VSD, PDA, Left-sided Obstruction Defects.

Weiner et al

2012

Russia (C)

33

13

2

168

152

42

0.403

RT-PCR

Congenital Anomalies-cardiovascular System

Wang et al

2013

China (A)

115

45

10

133

47

8

0.186

SEQUENCE

Congenital Heart Disease

Sahiner et al

2013

Turkey (C)

45

68

24

31

54

8

0.029

PCR-RFLP

Obstruction in LV Output, Left-to-right Shunt, Conotruncal Anomalies, Complex Anomalies

Zidan et al

2013

Egypt (AR)

16

27

37

26

24

27

0.001

13

32

25

33

25

22

0.001

PCR-RFLP

ASD, VSD, PDA, PS, TOF, HLHS, Combined lesion

Christensen et al ***

2013

USA (C)

78

67

12

38

26

5

0.764

98

71

13

36

22

7

0.220

PCR-RFLP

VSD, TOF, AS, TGA, AVSD, DORV, PS, CoA, Truncus Arteriosus

Huang et al

2014

China (A)

111

56

3

146

56

6

0.800

MS

TOF

  1. *: PS: Pulmonary Stenosis; HLHS: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome; CoA: Coarctation of the Aorta; TGA: Transposition of Great Arteries; ASD: Atrial Septal Defect; VSD: Ventricular Septal Defect; AVSD: Atrioventricular Septal Defect; TOF: Tetralogy of Fallot; PDA: Patent Ductus Arteriosus; PA: Pulmonary Atresia; DORV: Double-outlet Right Ventricle; AC: Aortic Coarctation; AS: Aortic Stenosis.
  2. **: C: Caucasians; A: South Asians; M: Mixed; AR: Arabian.
  3. ***: The data was respectively provided by author of Dr. Karen E. Christensen (see Acknowledgements).