Table 3.

Results of tests for publication bias in the overall analysis.

GENETIC COMPARISON	EGGER REGRESSION		BEGG-MAZUMDAR CORRELATION
	INTERCEPT	P VALUE	KENDALL’S τ	P VALUE
A allele	−1.11	0.17	−0.18	0.27
G allele	1.04	0.04	0.38	<0.01
A/G genotype	−0.50	0.47	−0.07	0.65

Note: Values in bold indicate significance interpreted as evidence of publication bias.