Table 2. Results of the three meta-analyses performed in North Africans, South Europeans, and merging both continental groups.

CHR	BP	SNP	North Africa				South Europe				All groups
			P	OR	CI	I2	P	OR	CI	I2	P	OR	CI	I2
9	22136489	rs1333051	0.016	0.470	(0.250–0.870)	0	0.726	1.020	(0.900–1.160)	0	0.410	0.840	(0.560–1.260)	74
9	22191189	rs828576	0.038	1.530	(1.020–2.290)	0	0.185	0.940	(0.860–1.030)	0	0.784	1.030	(0.850–1.230)	39
10	44730995	rs7907961	0.019	1.870	(1.110–3.140)	0	0.851	1.010	(0.910–1.120)	0	0.376	1.070	(0.920–1.260)	21
10	44786364	rs800314	0.013	0.380	(0.170–0.810)	0	0.410	0.870	(0.630–1.210)	51	0.152	0.740	(0.490–1.120)	56
10	44855663	rs266105	0.007	2.180	(1.240–3.850)	0	0.729	0.980	(0.860–1.110)	0	0.245	1.260	(0.850–1.860)	70
10	44856370	rs266103	0.019	1.890	(1.110–3.220)	0	0.601	0.970	(0.850–1.100)	0	0.369	1.150	(0.850–1.54)	53
10	44861220	rs7918568	0.047	1.600	(1.010–2.530)	0	0.300	1.060	(0.950–1.180)	0	0.144	1.080	(0.970–1.200)	0

CI, confidence interval; I², index to quantify the % of true heterogeneity (total heterogeneity/total variability); OR, odds ratio.