Table 1 Characteristics of the studies included in this meta-analysis (n = 31).
First author, publication year | Country | Ethnicity | No. of cases/controls | Source of case | Genotype method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shaw, 199827 | USA | Mixed | 310/383 | PB | RFLP-PCR |
Gaspar, 199929 | Brazil | Mixed | 77/113 | HB | PCR |
Martinelli, 200128 | Italy | Caucasian | 116/106 | PB | RFLP-PCR |
Grunert, 200230 | Germany | Caucasian | 66/184 | HB | PCR |
Shotelersuk, 200331 | Thailand | Asian | 109/202 | PB | RFLP-PCR |
van Rooij, 200332 | Netherlands | Caucasian | 105/128 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
Pezzetti, 200433 | Italy | Caucasian | 110/289 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
Wan, 200634 | China | Asian | 76/60 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
Brandalize, 200735 | Brazil | Mixed | 114/100 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
Chevrier, 200736 | France | Caucasian | 168/148 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
Little, 200837 | Canada | Mixed | 96/224 | PB | MS-PCR |
Mills, 200838 | Ireland | Caucasian | 492/1599 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
Ali, 200939 | India | Asian | 323/214 | PB | RFLP-PCR |
Guo, 200940 | China | Asian | 96/103 | HB | PCR |
Sozen, 200941 | USA | Mixed | 179/138 | PB | PCR |
Mostowska, 201042 | Poland | Caucasian | 174/176 | PB | RFLP-PCR |
Chorna, 201143 | Ukraine | Caucasian | 33/50 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
Han, 201144 | China | Asian | 200/213 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
Semic-Jusufagic, 201245 | Turkey | Caucasian | 56/76 | PB | PCR |
Kumari, 201346 | India | Asian | 467/469 | PB | RFLP-PCR |
Estandia-Ortega, 201447 | Mexico | Mixed | 132/370 | HB | KASPar assay system |
Jahanbin, 201448 | Iran | Caucasian | 45/101 | PB | RFLP-PCR |
Murthy, 201449 | India | Asian | 123/141 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
Abdollahi-Fakhim, 201550 | Iran | Caucasian | 65/50 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
Bezerra, 201551 | Brazil | Mixed | 140/175 | PB | RFLP-PCR |
de Aguiar, 201552 | Brazil | Mixed | 318/598 | HB | Real time-PCR |
Jiang, 201553 | China | Asian | 204/226 | PB | SEQUENOM MassARRAY |
Ramírez-Chau, 201654 | Chile | Mixed | 165/291 | HB | Real time-PCR |
Xu, 201655 | China | Asian | 120/100 | PB | PCR |
Taslim, 201756 | Indonesia | Asian | 24/47 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
Rafik, 201957 | Morocco | Mixed | 52/182 | HB | RFLP-PCR |
