Table 1 Main characteristic of the studies included in the current meta-analysis.
From: The Influence of OLR1 and PCSK9 Gene Polymorphisms on Ischemic Stroke: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis
Author | Year | Country | Ethnicity | Total no. of | Mean age | Sex (M/F) | Control Origin | Genotyping method | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case | Control | Case | Control | Case | Control | ||||||
Abboud, S | 2007 | Belgium | Caucasians | 237 | 326 | 53.5 | 70.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | Population-based | TaqMan SNP genotyping assay |
Han, Da | 2014 | China | Asians | 250 | 199 | 63.6 ± 11.3 | 62.4 ± 11.7 | 2.5 | 1.1 | Hospital-based | Single-base terminalextension |
Han, Db | 2014 | China | Caucasians | 158 | 149 | 59.4 ± 12.0 | 61.2 ± 11.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Hospital-based | Single-base terminalextension |
Hattori, H | 2006 | Japan | Asians | 235 | 274 | 58.3 ± 7.8 | 59.1 ± 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Hospital-based | Single-nucleotide primer extension |
Li, D | 2009 | China | Asians | 213 | 176 | 60.0 ± 13.8 | 59.0 ± 11.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Hospital-based | Restriction fragment length polymorphism |
Liu, X | 2014 | China | Asians | 386 | 386 | 62.1 ± 9.9 | 61.9 ± 9.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Hospital-based | Ligation detection reaction |
Slimani, A | 2014 | Tunisia | Caucasians | 114 | 232 | 66 (54.5–76.5) | 49.0 (45.0–55.0) | 1.4 | 2.9 | Hospital-based | Restriction fragment length polymorphism |
Zhang, J | 2013 | China | Asians | 304 | 377 | 61.2 ± 7.1 | 61.1 ± 6.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | Population-based | Restriction fragment length polymorphism |
