Table 1 Characteristics of each study included in this meta-analysis (N=11 151 participants)

From: The significant association of Taq1A genotypes in DRD2/ANKK1 with smoking cessation in a large-scale meta-analysis of Caucasian populations

Study name

Publication year

Study design

Sample size

% Caucasian

% Male

% Cessation (measurement method)

% A1/* genotype frequency

Noble et al.17

1994

Cross-sectional survey

172

100

53.7

66.9 (self-report)

41.9

Bierut et al.20

2000

Cross-sectional survey

954

76

44.8

59.3 (self-report)

36.6

Wu et al.21

2000

Cross-sectional survey

59

0 (100% Mexicans)

78.0

40.7 (self-report)

74.6

Wu et al.21

2000

Cross-sectional survey

72

0 (100% Africans)

67.8

48.6 (self-report)

62.5

Yoshida et al.46

2001

Cross-sectional survey

134

0 (100% Asians)

46.7

42.5 (self-report)

44.8

Hamajima et al.47

2002

Cross-sectional survey

359

0 (100% Asians)

43.6

37.1 (self-report)

59.9

Lerman et al.38

2003

Prospective (treatment)

425

100

46.2

11.3 (cotinine verified)

42.4

Cinciripini et al.53

2004

Prospective (treatment)

134

91.8

49.3

15~20 (cotinine verified)

43.3

Yudkin et al.36

2004

Prospective (treatment)

752

99.0

40.8

10.1 (cotinine/CO verified)

41.2

Berlin et al.40

2005

Prospective (treatment)

595

85.0

48.0

10~20 (CO verified)

41.3

Morton et al.15

2006

Cross-sectional survey

2123

88.8

50.0

50.1 (self-report)

37.2

Swan et al.43

2007

Prospective (treatment)

323

100

37.5

33.1 (self-report)

35.3

Ton et al.51

2007

Prospective (treatment)

586

93

0 (100% female)

15.9 (cotinine verified)

35.5

David et al.39

2007

Prospective (treatment)

291

100

48.8

16.8 (cotinine verified)

44.3

Han et al.49

2008

Prospective (treatment)

225

0 (100% Asians)

100

40 (CO verified)

70.1

Wernicke et al.19

2009

Cross-sectional survey

129

100

50.4

37.2 (self-report)

34.9

Munafo et al.41

2009

Prospective (treatment)

804

100

48

10.0 (cotinine verified)

36.1

Styn et al.48

2009

Prospective (non-treatment)

881

90

48

24.9 (CO verified)

32.5

Breitling et al.54

2010

Prospective (treatment)

562

90.1

48

9.6 (cotinine verified)

32.7

Stapleton et al.52

2011

Prospective (treatment)

419

85.2

40.8

53.6 (CO verified)

41.3

Wilcox et al.55

2011

Prospective (treatment)

76

100

NA

19.7 (CO verified)

40.8

Tashkin et al.50

2012

Prospective (treatment)

621

>95

63.3

46.9 (cotinine and CO verified)

37.7

Gordiev et al.23

2013

Cross-sectional survey

359

100

65.6

43.7 (self-report)

35.4

Ohmoto et al.22

2014

Cross-sectional survey

96

0 (100% Asians)

91.7

21.9 (self-report)

65.6

  1. Abbreviations: CO, carbon monoxide; NA, not applicable.