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. 2012 Dec 7;7:171. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-171

Table 2.

Main results of pooled odds ratios (ORs) with confidence interval (CI) in the meta-analysis

Variables No. of studies  
Ala/Ala vs Val/Val
 
 
Ala/Ala vs Ala/Val
 
 
Ala/Val vs Val/Val
 
OR (95% CI) Ph P OR (95% CI) Ph P OR (95% CI) Ph P
Total
51
0.870(0.789 0.958)
0.001
0.005
0.969(0.923 1.016)
0.206
0.191
0.895(0.821 0.976)
0.021
0.012
Asian
19
0.787(0.645 0.961)
0.017
0.019
0.929(0.843 1.023)
0.212
0.132
0.865(0.753 0.993)
0.300
0.039
Caucasian
25
0.869(0.741 1.020)
0.040
0.319
1.004(0.921 1.095)
0.137
0.926
0.910(0.778 1.064)
0.031
0.238
Mixed
7
0.925(0.793 1.079)
0.050
0.087
0.958(0.898 1.022)
0.946
0.191
0.912(0.778 1.068)
0.050
0.253
Variables
No. of studies
Ala/Val + Ala/Val vs Val/Va (dominant)
Ala/Ala vs Ala/Val + Val/Va (recessive)
Ala allele vs Val allele
OR (95% CI)
Ph
P
OR (95% CI)
Ph
P
OR (95% CI)
Ph
P
Total
51
0.882(0.808 0.963)
0.004
0.005
0.944(0.898 0.993)
0.055
0.026
0.935(0.887 0.986)
0.000
0.013
Asian
19
0.826(0.703 0.972)
0.075
0.021
0.890(0.799 0.991)
0.043
0.034
0.877(0.801 0.960)
0.003
0.008
Caucasian
25
0.916(0.790 1.063)
0.030
0.247
0.985(0.908 1.069)
0.141
0.720
0.883(0.805 0.968)
0.052
0.359
Mixed 7 0.888(0.758 1.041) 0.029 0.144 0.946(0.890 1.006) 0.773 0.076 0.957(0.838 1.094) 0.000 0.523

Ph: P value of Q-test for heterogeneity test.