Table 3. Publication bias tests (Begg's funnel plot and Egger's test for publication bias test) for IFNG +874 T/A(rs2430561) polymorphism.
| Egger's test | Begg's test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genetic type | Coefficient | Standard error | t | P value | 95%CI of intercept | z | P value |
| Allelic effect | -0.521 | 0.946 | -0.55 | 0.585 | (-2.432,1.390) | 0.26 | 0.795 |
| Additive model (TA vs. AA) | -0.443 | 0.509 | -0.87 | 0.389 | (-1.473, 0.587) | 1.11 | 0.269 |
| Additive model (TT vs. AA) | -0.08 | 0.345 | -0.23 | 0.817 | (-0.778, 0.617) | 0.09 | 0.931 |
| Dominant model | -0.414 | 0.545 | -0.76 | 0.452 | (-1.516, 0.688) | 1 | 0.319 |
| Recessive model | -0.108 | 0.381 | 0.28 | 0.779 | (-0.663, 0.878) | 0.76 | 0.448 |
| Overdominant model | -0.559 | 0.687 | -0.81 | 0.42 | (-1.945, 0.829) | 0.89 | 0.347 |