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.