Table 2. Meta-analyses of CD209 -336A/G promoter polymorphism and risk of TB in each subgroup.

Category	G vs. A	GG vs.AA	Dominant model	Recessive model
	OR (95%CI) I 2 (%)	OR (95%CI) I 2 (%)	OR (95%CI) I 2 (%)	OR (95%CI) I 2 (%)
Ethnicity
African	1.00 (0.85–1.19) 65	1.03 (0.75–1.42) 61	1.00 (0.76–1.32) 69	0.97 (0.83–1.15) 42
Asian	1.17 (0.71–1.94) 85	2.48 (1.46–4.22) 46	1.17 (0.71–1.93) 75	2.10 (1.33–3.32) 20
Caucasian	1.03 (0.80–1.33) 49	0.91 (0.45–1.82) 0	1.07 (0.79–1.45) 37	0.89 (0.45–1.78) 0
Mixed	1.01 (0.72–1.43) 60	1.03 (0.52–2.05) 45	0.93 (0.44–1.95) 80	1.11 (0.56–2.18) 0
Sample types
PTB	1.02 (0.88–1.18) 69	1.08 (0.79–1.48) 62	1.01 (0.83–1.22) 62	1.08 (0.85–1.37) 51
EPTB	1.21 (0.84–1.74) 0	1.51 (0.58–3.92) 0	1.20 (0.77–1.86) 30	1.51 (0.59–3.89) 0

Abbreviations and definitions: PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis; EPTB, extra-pulmonary tuberculosis; CI, 95% confidence intervals; OR, odds ratio.