Appendix A5. Quality of Studies Assessing the Association Between Arg399Gln Polymorphism and Breast Cancer a,b.
| Study (year) | Source of Control | Population Ethnicity | Sample Size | Menopausal Status | HWE Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duell (2001) | + | + | + | A | + |
| Kim (2002) | + | - | + | + | + |
| Han (2003) | + | B | + | C | + |
| Shu (2003) | + | + | + | + | + |
| Smith (2003) | + | + | + | - | + |
| Smith (2003) | + | + | + | - | + |
| Moullan (2003) | + | - | + | - | + |
| Deligezer (2004) | - | - | + | - | + |
| Figueiredo (2004) | + | B,C | + | - | + |
| Forsti (2004) | + | - | + | - | + |
| Huang (2004) | + | - | + | - | - |
| Metsola (2005) | + | + | + | A | + |
| Chacko (2005) | + | - | + | + | + |
| Dufloth (2005) | D | - | + | - | - |
| Patel (2005) | + | BE | + | + | + |
| Shen (2005) | + | A | + | + | + |
| Brewster (2006) | + | + | + | C | + |
| Bu (2006) | + | B | + | - | + |
| Pachkowski (2006) | + | + | + | - | + |
| Thyagarajan (2006) | + | - | + | - | + |
| Zhai (2006) | + | + | + | + | + |
| Zhang (2006) | + | + | + | + | + |
| Costa (2007) | + | - | + | - | + |
| Silva (2007) | + | + | + | + | + |
| Ali (2008) | + | - | + | - | - |
| Kipikasova (2008) | D | + | + | - | + |
| Mitra (2008) | D | + | + | E | + |
| Loizidou (2008) | D | + | + | - | + |
| Saadat (2008) | - | + | + | + | + |
| Smith (2008) | + | + | + | - | + |
| Sangrajrang (2008) | + | - | + | + | + |
| Sobczuk (2009) | - | - | + | + | + |
| Syamala (2009) | + | - | + | - | - |
| Jelonek (2010) | + | + | + | - | + |
| Jakubowska (2010) | + | - | + | - | - |
| Ming-Shiean (2010) | + | - | + | - | + |
| Sterpone (2010) | D | + | + | - | + |
| Santos (2010) | D | - | + | - | + |
| Romanowicz (2010) | - | - | + | + | + |
| Zipprich (2010) | + | E | + | C | + |
| Liu (2011) | + | + | + | - | + |
| Roberts (2011) | + | C,E | + | + | + |
| Hussien (2012) | + | - | + | - | + |
| Al Mutairi (2013) | + | E | + | - | + |
| Sapkota (2013) | + | + | + | - | + |
| Przybylowska-Sygut (2013) | + | - | + | - | + |
| Ding (2014) | + | + | + | - | + |
| Luo (2014) | + | + | + | + | + |
| Ramadan | + | - | + | A | + |
| Shadrina (2014) | + | + | + | - | + |
| Macias-Gomez (2015) | - | - | + | - | + |
a Year, year of publication; Source of control means clinic (or hospital) based or population based; Population ethnicity means Caucasian, African-American and other ethnicity; Sample size means calculable sample size; Menopausal status means adjustment of menopausal status (post, pre or both) for final measure of association using methods such as adjustment in regression models, restriction, stratification etc; HWE (Hardy Weinberg equilibrium) means calculated or reported HWE equilibrium.
b A, Calculated OR for different strata, but data not shown; B, Only mentioned to ethnicity without adjustment; C, Adjusted, but no detail presented; D, Source of controls: volunteers; E, Matched controls, but no detail presented.