Table 3. Results of Egger’s and Begg’s tests for publication bias.

Category	Studies	Begg’s test		Egger’s test
		Z	P-value	(95%) CI	P-value
DROSHA
rs10719 T>C	5	1.47	0.14	(−0.87,7.07)	0.09
DGCR8
rs417309 G>A	7	1.20	0.23	(−4.79,0.79)	0.13
rs1640299 T>G	7	1.20	0.23	(−2.39,5.13)	0.39
XPO5
rs11077 A>G	7	0.3	0.76	(−0.20,0.12)	0.53
RAN
rs14035 C>T	9	1.15	0.25	(−2.66,5.07)	0.49
rs3803012 A>G	5	−1.32	0.19	(−3.75,1.80)	0.39
DICER1
rs1057035 T>C	10	0.72	0.47	(−2.11,4.20)	0.76
rs3742330 A>G	9	0.10	0.92	(−2.98,8.01)	0.32
rs13078 T>A	7	−1.05	0.293	(−3.81,2,91)	0.77