Table 3. Publication bias among studies that evaluated the associations between the six SNPs in the XPG gene and cancer susceptibility.
Polymorphism | No. of studies | Egger's test P values | ||||
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Homozygous | Heterozygous | Recessive | Dominant | Allele contrast | ||
rs1047768 | 22 | 0.107 | 0.190 | 0.325 | 0.137 | 0.301 |
rs2296147 | 15 | 0.789 | 0.925 | 0.577 | 0.464 | 0.129 |
rs2227869 | 11 | 0.708 | 0.289 | 0.042 | 0.297 | 0.197 |
rs2094258 | 17 | 0.387 | 0.350 | 0.844 | 0.276 | 0.351 |
rs751402 | 21 | 0.107 | 0.336 | 0.137 | 0.325 | 0.301 |
rs873601 | 14 | 0.395 | 0.656 | 0.645 | 0.811 | 0.346 |