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. 2014 May 22;9(5):e98022. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098022

Table 2. Meta-analysis of the association between PARP-1 Val762Ala polymorphism and cancer risk.

No. of subjects cases/controls n VA+AA vs. VV AA vs. VA+VV AA vs. VV VA vs. VV A vs. V
OR (95% CI) Phet OR (95% CI) Phet OR (95% CI) Phet OR (95% CI) Phet OR (95% CI) Phet
Total 16783/23063 39 1.03 (0.95–1.11) 0.000 1.10 (0.97–1.26) 0.000 1.13 (0.98–1.31) 0.000 1.02 (0.95–1.10) 0.001 1.04 (0.97–1.11) 0.000
Controls in HWE 15922/20290 36 1.01 (0.94–1.09) 0.000 1.09 (0.95–1.29) 0.000 1.11 (0.96–1.28) 0.000 1.00 (0.94–1.08) 0.001 1.03 (0.96–1.10) 0.000
Ethnicities
Caucasian 10300/11773 21 0.93 (0.83–1.03) 0.000 0.95 (0.76–1.18) 0.079 0.92 (0.78–1.08) 0.111 0.94 (0.84–1.04) 0.000 0.96 (0.87–1.05) 0.000
Asian 6483/11290 18 1.17 (1.09–1.25)* 0.249 1.09 (1.03–1.39)* 0.000 1.28 (1.08–1.51)* 0.000 1.12 (1.04–1.20)* 0.805 1.12 (1.05–1.21)* 0.001
Cancer type
Colorectal 1407/2458 3 1.08 (0.93–1.25) 0.122 1.14 (0.79–1.67) 0.064 1.18 (0.76–1.85) 0.039 1.05 (0.90–1.23) 0.419 1.08 (0.88–1.31) 0.032
Cervical 1065/1467 3 1.26 (1.06–1.50)* 0.444 1.59 (0.82–3.07) 0.011 1.68 (0.91–3.10) 0.036 1.14 (0.95–1.36) 0.252 1.31 (1.16–1.48)* 0.201
Lung 1702/1717 3 1.16 (1.00–1.33)* 0.234 1.32 (1.09–1.61)* 0.487 1.42 (1.14–1.76)* 0.326 1.10 (0.95–1.28) 0.447 1.16 (1.05–1.28)* 0.182
Gastric 1219/1935 4 1.33 (1.14–1.55)* 0.222 1.22 (0.77–1.94) 0.001 1.38 (0.84–2.26) 0.002 1.28 (1.09–1.51)* 0.742 1.19 (0.95–1.48) 0.006
Glioma 1818/2943 4 0.78 (0.69–0.89)* 0.907 1.06 (0.46–2.42) 0.013 0.92 (0.48–1.78) 0.071 0.79 (0.68–0.91)* 0.302 0.84 (0.75–0.95)* 0.414
Bladder 1978/1979 3 1.09 (0.86–1.39) 0.083 0.96 (0.69–1.33) 0.818 0.99 (0.70–1.40) 0.850 1.10 (0.84–1.44) 0.057 1.08 (0.96–1.22) 0.159
Breast 2414/2507 4 0.94 (0.83–1.07) 0.203 0.92 (0.71–1.19) 0.852 0.89 (0.68–1.17) 0.838 0.95 (0.84–1.08) 0.176 0.95 (0.86–1.05) 0.317
Other 4489/6391 11 1.02 (0.88–1.19) 0.005 0.98 (0.78–1.22) 0.075 0.99 (0.76–1.30) 0.024 1.01 (0.89–1.15) 0.048 1.02 (0.90–1.16) 0.001
Source of controls
PB 4882/6719 9 1.02 (0.87–1.19) 0.001 1.17 (0.90–1.51) 0.003 1.18 (0.88–1.59) 0.001 1.03 (0.89–1.20) 0.013 1.07 (0.94–1.22) 0.000
HB 9164/12410 24 1.03 (0.93–1.13) 0.002 1.12 (0.94–1.33) 0.001 1.15 (0.95–1.39) 0.001 1.01 (0.93–1.10) 0.04 1.03 (0.95–1.12) 0.000
Mixed 1921/3176 4 1.03 (0.79–1.34) 0.01 0.98 (0.67–1.42) 0.019 1.03 (0.69–1.55) 0.02 1.03 (0.80–1.33) 0.028 0.99 (0.80–1.23) 0.002
Genotyping method
PCR-RFLP 5098/6364 11 1.09 (0.93–1.27) 0.000 1.29 (1.07–1.55)* 0.008 1.34 (1.07–1.67)* 0.002 1.03 (0.90–1.19) 0.004 1.10 (0.98–1.24) 0.000
TaqMan 6458/10147 14 1.02 (0.92–1.12) 0.055 0.97 (0.85–1.12) 0.866 1.0 (0.86–1.16) 0.628 1.04 (0.96–1.12) 0.118 1.00 (0.93–1.09) 0.061
MassARRAY 2594/3739 6 0.89 (0.75–1.07) 0.051 0.90 (0.71–1.13) 0.134 0.93 (0.73–1.20) 0.133 0.94 (0.76–1.15) 0.063 0.93 (0.79–1.10) 0.039
Other 2261/2330 6 1.16 (0.89–1.50) 0.005 1.42 (0.73–2.74) 0.000 1.44 (0.73–2.85) 0.000 1.10 (0.87–1.40) 0.031 1.18 (0.92–1.52) 0.000

Phet: P-value of Q-test for heterogeneity test. The fixed-effects model was used when P-value for heterogeneity test >0.10; otherwise, the random-effects model was used.

*indicate significant difference.