Table 1 Main characteristics of all the six studies of MIF -173 G > C gene polymorphism and TB risk included in this meta-analysis.
First author [REF] | Country | Ethnicity | Type of Study | Controls | Cases | Type | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liu et al.13 | China | Asian | HB | 100 | 200 | PTB | PCR-RFLP |
Wang et al. 14 | China | Asian | 110 | 110 | Spinal | PCR-RFLP | |
Hashemi et al.15 | Iran | Asian | PB | 142 | 161 | PTB | PCR-RFLP |
Li et al.16 | China | Asian | HB | 215 | 245 | TB | PCR-RFLP |
Sadki et al.17 | Morocco | African | HB | 154 | 123 | PTB | TaqMan |
Gomez et al.18 | Colombia | Caucasian | HB | 235 | 230 | PTB | Sequencing |
