TABLE 1.

Characteristics of individual studies included in the meta-analysis.

Author (year)	Country	Ethnicity	Case/Control	Age a	Type of TB b	Genotyping	Polymorphism(s) c	NOS d (score)
Hidayah 2021	Indonesia	Asian	83/118	41.0/NA	PTB	PCR	1,2,3,4	8
Varzari 2021	Moldova	European	272/251	40.7/47.6	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1,3,4	6
Wani 2021	India	Asian	100/102	45.9/NA	EPTB	PCR-RFLP	2	6
Panda 2019	India	Asian	150/150	39.4/32.1	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1	7
Devi 2018	India	Asian	169/227	32.6/33.4	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1,2,3,4	6
Silva 2019	Mexico	North American	257/457	45.3/36.5	PTB	TaqMan	1,2,3,4	7
Zhang 2018	China	Asian	108/59	38.0/49.3	TB	PCR-RFLP	1,2,3,4	7
Rong 2017	China	Asian	258/291	56.3/29.6	TB	iMLDR	3	6
Wang 2017	China	Asian	150/149	46.3/45.8	STB	PCR-RFLP	1	6
Jafari 2016	Iran	Asian	96/122	51.0/48.0	PTB	ARMS-PCR	1,2,3,4	7
Lee 2016	Taiwan	Asian	198/170	55.8/55.8	PTB	TaqMan	1,2,3,4	7
Fernandez 2015	Venezuela	South American	93/102	17-70/20-67	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1,2,4	7
Salimi 2015	Iran	Asian	120/131	51.5/48.1	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1,2,3	9
Sinaga 2014	Indonesia	Asian	76/76	NA	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1,3	9
Joshi 2014	India	Asian	110/115	25.0/21.6	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1,3	7
Wu 2013	China	Asian	213/211	18-72/NA	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1,2	8
Ates 2011	Turkey	European	128/80	47.8/54.1	PTB, EPTB	PCR-RFLP	1,2,3	6
Kang 2011	South Korea	Asian	155/105	17-69/21-52	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1,2,3	6
Banoei2010	Iran	Asian	60/62	45.8/41.0	PTB	PCR	1,2,3	6
Marashian2010	Iran	Asian	164/50	NA	TB	PCR-RFLP	1	6
Zhang 2010	China	Asian	110/102	33.8/32.2	STB	PCR-RFLP	1	9
Merza 2009	Iran	Asian	117/60	NA	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1,3	6
Roth 2004	Peru	South American	103/206	25.4/25.4	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1,2	7
Liu 2003	China	Asian	120/240	27.7/27.3	PTB	PCR-RFLP	1	9
Delgado 2002	Cambodia	Asian	358/106	42.2/37.5	PTB	PCR-RFLP	2	6

“NA” means that the data were not available.

^a Age was shown as the mean or range age of cases and controls.

^b PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis; EPTB, extrapulmonary tuberculosis; STB, spinal tuberculosis.

^c 1:FokI; 2:TaqI; 3:BsmI; 4:ApaI.

^d Newcastle-Ottawa scale.