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. 2014 Oct 15;7(10):3777–3788.

Table 3.

The effect of PAI-1 -675 4G/5G polymorphism on CAD risk

Comparison Study No. ofstudies Test of association Heterogeneity


OR (95% CI) Z P Value χ 2 P Value I 2 (%)
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G Overall 72 1.19 (1.10-1.28) 4.54 < 0.00001 144.13 < 0.00001 51
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G Adjusted 10 1.20 (1.03-1.40) 2.29 0.02 13.95 0.12 36
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G Caucasian 45 1.10 (1.02-1.19) 2.54 0.01 70.61 0.007 38
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G Asian 24 1.46 (1.21-1.75) 4.03 < 0.0001 55.19 0.0002 58
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G African 2 1.38 (0.70-2.70) 0.93 0.35 5.12 0.02 80
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G MI 39 1.15 (1.06-1.25) 3.27 0.001 68.35 0.002 44
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G Early-onset 12 1.21 (1.02-1.43) 2.20 0.03 6.31 0.71 0
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G Late-onset 4 0.90 (0.72-1.13) 0.89 0.37 1.83 0.61 0
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G Male 13 1.10 (1.01-1.20) 2.10 0.04 7.23 0.84 0
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G Female 4 1.03 (0.89-1.19) 0.34 0.73 4.54 0.21 34
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G T2DM 4 2.23 (1.27-3.92) 2.80 0.005 0.48 0.79 0
4G/4G + 4G/5G vs. 5G/5G Non-T2DM 3 1.64 (1.19-2.25) 3.03 0.002 0.57 0.75 0

MI, myocardium infarction; T2DM, type 2 diabetes.