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. 2014 Sep 29;9(9):e108552. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108552

Table 1. Characteristics of the eligible studies included in the meta-analysis.

Study Year Country Case Control Quality Score Reference
James et al. 1999 Canada 50 57 7 Am J Clin Nutr 70∶495-50
Hobbs et al. 2000 America 157 140 7 Am J Hum Genet 67∶623–630
Chadeaux-Vekemans et al. 2002 France 85 70 5 Pediatr Res 51∶766–767
O’Leary et al. 2002 Ireland 41 192 5 Am J Med Genet A 107∶151–155
Stuppia et al. 2002 Italy 64 112 7 Eur J Hum Genet 10∶388–390
Boduroglu et al. 2004 Turkey 158 91 5 Am J Med Genet 127A: 5–10
Acacio et al. 2005 Brazil 70 88 8 Prenat Diagn 25∶1196–1199
Da Silva et al. 2005 Brazil 154 158 7 Am J Med Genet Part A 135A: 263–267
Coppede et al. 2006 Italey 79 111 7 Am J Med Genet A 140(10): 1083–1091
Liang et al. 2006 China 30 70 7 China J Modern Medicine 20∶011
Rai et al. 2006 India 149 165 6 J Hum Genet 51∶278–283
Scala et al. 2006 Italy 94 256 8 Genet Med 8∶409–416
Wang et al. 2007 China 100 100 8 Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi 24∶533–537
Biselli et al. 2008 Brazil 82 134 8 Genet Mol Res 7∶33–42
Kohli et al. 2008 India 103 109 6 Downs Syndr Res Pract 12∶133–137
Martinez-Frias et al. 2008 Spain 146 188 4 Am J Med Genet A 146A(11): 1477–1482
Meguid et al. 2008 Egypt 42 48 7 Dis Markers 24∶19–26
Santos-Reboucas et al. 2008 Brazil 103 108 7 Dis Markers 25∶149–157
Wang et al. 2008 China 64 70 8 J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 9(2): 93–99
Brandalize et al. 2009 Brazil 239 197 6 Am J Med Genet 149A (10): 2080–2087
Coppede et al. 2009 Italy 94 113 8 Neurosci Lett 449∶15–19
Cyril et al. 2009 India 36 60 6 Indian J Hum Genet 15∶60–64
Kokotas et al. 2009 Denmark 177 984 6 Dis Markers 27∶279–285
Pozzi et al. 2009 Italy 74 184 8 Am J Obstet Gynecol 63: e1–e6
Coppede et al. 2010 Italy 29 32 5 BMC Med Genomics 3∶42
Liao et al. 2010 China 60 68 7 Yi Chuan 32(5): 461–466
Vranekoviz et al. 2010 Croatia 111 141 7 Dis Markers 28∶293–298
Bozovic et al. 2011 Croatia 112 221 7 Pediatr Int 53(4): 546–550
Sadiq et al. 2012 Jordan 53 29 6 Genet Test Mol Biomarker 15∶1–7
Tayeb 2012 Saudi Arabia 30 40 5 Egyptian J Med Hum Genet 13(3): 263–268
Zampieri et al. 2012 Brazil 105 185 8 Dis Markers 32(2): 73–81
Kaur and Kaur 2013 India 110 111 6 Indian J Hum Genet 19(4): 412–414
Pandey et al. 2013 India 81 99 6 Int J Pharm Bio Sci; 4(2):(B)249–256
Elsayed et al. 2014 Egypt 26 61 9 The Egyptian J Med Hum Genet 15(1): 39–44