Table 2.

Pooled analysis for the associations between the CD14-159C/T polymorphism and risk of AP

Models	Variables	N*	Test of association			Test of heterogeneity		Publication bias
			OR (95% CI)	Z	P	I2	P	Egger’s test (P value)
Dominant model	Total	5	1.09 (0.91, 1.31)	0.93	0.35	0	0.59	0.296
	Severity
	MAP	4	1.09 (0.86, 1.36)	0.71	0.48	0	0.96
	SAP	4	1.28 (0.98, 1.66)	1.82	0.07	0	0.66
	Ethnicity
	Asian	3	0.99 (0.77, 1.26)	0.10	0.92	0	0.58
	European	2	1.24 (0.94, 1.64)	1.52	0.13	0	0.62
Recessive model	Total	5	1.04 (0.83, 1.29)	0.31	0.76	4%	0.38	0.127
	Severity
	MAP	4	0.94 (0.73, 1.22)	0.44	0.66	0	0.41
	SAP	4	1.16 (0.86, 1.56)	0.96	0.34	10%	0.34
	Ethnicity
	Asian	3	0.92 (0.69, 1.22)	0.60	0.55	0	0.58
	European	2	1.26 (0.88, 1.81)	1.25	0.21	20%	0.26
CT vs CC	Total	5	1.08 (0.89, 1.32)	0.77	0.44	0	0.49	0.150
	Severity
	MAP	4	1.10 (0.86, 1.41)	0.76	0.44	0	0.97
	SAP	4	1.26 (0.95, 1.68)	1.61	0.11	0	0.40
	Ethnicity
	Asian	3	1.00 (0.77, 1.30)	0.03	0.98	0	0.43
	European	2	1.20 (0.89, 1.61)	1.19	0.23	0	0.34
TT vs CC	Total	5	1.15 (0.88, 1.49)	1.02	0.31	0	0.75	0.471
	Severity
	MAP	4	1.05 (0.77, 1.42)	0.29	0.77	0	0.67
	SAP	4	1.32 (0.92, 1.88)	1.51	0.13	0	0.77
	Ethnicity
	Asian	3	1.01 (0.71, 1.42)	0.03	0.97	0	0.84
	European	2	1.36 (0.91, 2.03)	1.51	0.13	0	0.58

^*Number of comparison;

MAP: mild acute pancreatitis; SAP: severe acute pancreatitis.