Table 2.

Summary of OR of the ADH2 polymorphism and alcoholic cirrhosis risk

Variables	Na	dominant model			recessive model			*1/*2 vs. *1/*1			*2/*2 vs. *1/*1
		OR (95% CI)	Pb	I2	OR (95% CI)	Pb	I2	OR (95% CI)	Pb	I2	OR (95% CI)	Pb	I2
Total	21	0.56 (0.38, 0.83)	<0.0001	66	0.59 (0.39, 0.91)	<0.0001	73	0.58 (0.40, 0.85)	0.006	50	0.35 (0.16, 0.75)	<0.00001	81
Ethnicity
Asian	11	0.53 (0.30, 0.93)	<0.00001	80	0.60 (0.39, 0.93)	<0.00001	77	0.54 (0.30, 0.95)	0.0005	70	0.34 (0.15, 0.77)	<0.00001	84
Caucasian	10	0.60 (0.41, 0.88)	0.72	0	0.39 (0.08, 1.85)	0.25	24	0.60 (0.41, 0.89)	0.71	0	0.40 (0.08, 1.94)	0.25	24

^aNumber of comparisons.

^bTest for heterogeneity.