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. 2012 Jul 2;7(7):e38606. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038606

Table 2. Meta-analysis of the associations between XPF polymorphisms and cancer risk under the XP recessive genetic model.

Variables No. of Cases/Controls Homozygous model Recessive model Powerb
studies OR (95%CI) P P het a I2 OR (95%CI) P P het a I2
rs1800067 (Arg415Gln) AA vs. GG AA vs. (AG + GG)
All 23 14632/15545 1.21 (0.73–1.99) 0.467 0.020 45.2 1.20 (0.73–1.98) 0.466 0.022 44.6 0.981
Cancer type
Breast 9 5893/6106 2.27 (0.81–6.35) 0.119 0.040 54.6 2.26 (0.81–6.29) 0.118 0.041 54.1 0.422
Colorectal 4 1501/1494 0.51 (0.06–4.25) 0.535 0.073 68.8 0.51 (0.06–4.16) 0.532 0.076 68.2 0.679
Head neck 3 1541/1946 1.47 (0.42–5.18) 0.551 0.240 29.9 1.47 (0.41–5.23) 0.550 0.238 30.4 0.651
Others 7 5697/5999 0.84 (0.44–1.63) 0.617 0.222 28.4 0.85 (0.44–1.64) 0.629 0.226 27.8 0.930
 Lung 2 2633/2918 0.63 (0.32–1.25) 0.185 0.817 0 0.95 (0.56–1.61) 0.841 0.092 64.8 0.891
 Prostate 2 1365/1300 2.57 (0.91–7.23) 0.074 / / 0.95 (0.77–1.17) 0.607 0.482 0 0.579
 Brain 1 526/471 0.70 (0.16–3.15) 0.642 / / 1.30 (0.92–1.84) 0.134 / / 0.193
 Endometrial 1 703/714 0.63 (0.15–2.64) 0.524 / / 1.22 (0.91–1.65) 0.184 / / 0.266
 Pancreatic 1 470/596 0.13 (0.01–2.42) 0.172 / / 0.60 (0.43–0.84) 0.003 / / /
Ethnicity
Caucasian 17 10342/11082 1.46 (0.83–2.54) 0.186 0.043 43.1 1.45 (0.83–2.53) 0.192 0.043 43.1 0.829
African American 3 954/829 2.61(0.11–64.2) 0.557 / / 2.67 (0.11–65.67) 0.548 / / /
Latino 1 113/299 0.92(0.04–22.6) 0.956 / / 0.88 (0.04–21.68) 0.936 / / /
Mixed 2 3223/3335 0.42 (0.12–1.50) 0.182 0.192 41.2 0.43 (0.12–1.57) 0.201 0.186 42.9 0.645
Source of controls
PB 12 8395/9033 1.13 (0.56–2.28) 0.726 0.079 41.9 1.13 (0.56–2.26) 0.740 0.078 42.0 0.945
HB 9 3412/3536 1.71 (0.66–4.43) 0.268 0.062 50.0 1.71 (0.66–4.40) 0.268 0.063 49.7 0.639
PB/HB 1 2520/2619 0.62 (0.31–1.24) 0.179 / / 0.64 (0.32–1.28) 0.210 / / 0.570
Sample size
<500 12 2915/3678 1.99 (0.72–5.48) 0.181 0.164 33.1 1.98 (0.72–5.43) 0.182 0.168 32.6 0.781
500–1000 5 3527/3643 0.56 (0.23–1.36) 0.199 0.453 0.0 0.54 (0.22–1.33) 0.181 0.461 0.0 0.466
>1000 6 8190/8224 1.23 (0.60–2.51) 0.566 0.016 64.1 1.24 (0.62–2.50) 0.545 0.019 63.1 0.731
rs1799801 (Ser835Ser) CC vs. TT CC vs. (CT + TT)
All 11 5979/6633 0.91 (0.79–1.04) 0.166 0.783 0.0 0.89 (0.78–1.01) 0.080 0.764 0.0 1
Cancer type
Prostate 3 1656/1623 1.09 (0.82–1.45) 0.554 0.643 0.0 1.09 (0.83–1.43) 0.540 0.705 0.0 0.994
Bladder 3 1529/1482 0.88 (0.68–1.13) 0.305 0.790 0.0 0.85 (0.66–1.08) 0.179 0.793 0.0 0.989
Breast 2 1449/2249 0.83 (0.63–1.08) 0.155 0.219 33.9 0.85 (0.65–1.09) 0.200 0.297 8.2 0.989
Others 3 1345/1279 0.88 (0.66–1.19) 0.412 0.512 0.0 0.81 (0.61–1.08) 0.157 0.458 0.0 0.959
 Melanoma 1 117/111 0.84 (0.52–1.34) 0.462 / / 1.31 (1.01–1.69) 0.041 / / 0.298
 Lung 1 506/441 1.72 (0.54–5.50) 0.363 / / 1.39 (0.81–2.39) 0.231 / / 0.314
 Endometrial 1 722/727 0.85 (0.57–1.26) 0.417 / / 1.01 (0.83–1.25) 0.896 / / 0.986
Ethnicity
Caucasian 6 4845/5556 0.88 (0.76–1.02) 0.087 0.792 0.0 0.87 (0.761.00) 0.049 0.723 0.0 1
African American 2 397/380 1.70 (0.64–4.51) 0.285 0.992 0.0 1.62 (0.61–4.27) 0.331 0.986 0.0 0.444
Asian 3 737/697 1.07 (0.67–1.71) 0.784 0.408 0.0 0.99 (0.62–1.57) 0.963 0.374 0.0 0.968
Source of controls
PB 6 3812/4514 0.89 (0.76–1.06) 0.185 0.595 0.0 0.88 (0.75–1.04) 0.131 0.541 0.0 1
HB 5 2167/2119 0.94 (0.74–1.19) 0.598 0.632 0.0 0.90 (0.72–1.13) 0.372 0.645 0.0 0.999
Sample size
<500 6 1338/1290 1.12 (0.79–1.59) 0.518 0.759 0.0 1.03 (0.73–1.44) 0.877 0.705 0.0 0.993
500–1000 2 1228/1168 0.84 (0.62–1.14) 0.274 0.969 0.0 0.78 (0.58–1.05) 0.097 0.616 0.0 0.921
>1000 3 3413/4175 0.88 (0.75–1.05) 0.153 0.357 3.0 0.90 (0.76–1.06) 0.185 0.388 0.0 1
rs2020955 (Ser662Pro) CC vs. TT CC vs. (CT + TT)
All 5 2835/2670 1.04 (0.70–1.57) 0.835 0.903 0.0 1.07 (0.72–1.60) 0.729 0.897 0.0 0.968
rs744154 (intron) GG vs. CC GG vs. (CG + CC)
All 4 29328/31999 0.98 (0.92–1.04) 0.507 0.088 54.1 0.98 (0.92–1.04) 0.547 0.140 45.2 1

Abbreviation: HB, Hospital based; PB, Population based; FB, Family based.

The results were in bold, if the 95% CI excluded 1 or P<0.05.

a

P value for heterogeneity test.

b

Statistical power to detect an OR of 1.5 (or 0.67 = 1/1.5).