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. 2017 Dec 4;43:108. doi: 10.1186/s13052-017-0425-1

Table 4.

Heterogeneity analysis of the association between MTHFR A1298C polymorphism and CHD

Subgroup analysis Genetic model
C vs. A CC vs. AA CC vs. AC AC vs. AA Dominant model Recessive model
Heterogeneity Meta-regression Heterogeneity Meta-regression Heterogeneity Meta-regression Heterogeneity Meta-regression Heterogeneity Meta-regression Heterogeneity Meta-regression
I2 (%) P P I2 (%) P P I2 (%) P P I2 (%) P P I2 (%) P P I2 (%) P P
Summary 73.0 0.000 51.1 0.012 0.0 0.569 70.6 0.000 74.5 0.000 14.7 0.289
HWE 0.076 0.002 0.248 0.558 0.308 0.014
 Consistent 58.4 0.006 20.3 0.251 0.0 0.859 63.7 0.001 65.3 0.001 0.0 0.709
 Inconsistent 75.5 0.007 0.0 0.784 46.0 0.135 83.1 0.000 83.6 0.000 0.0 0.769
Down’s syndrome 0.111 0.106 0.433 0.186 0.143 0.149
 Without 73.2 0.000 49.8 0.021 0.0 0.461 71.7 0.000 75.1 0.000 13.6 0.308
 With 0.0 0.908 0.0 0.890 0.0 0.941 0.0 0.886 0.0 0.856 0.0 0.940
Region 0.218 0.466 0.492 0.224 0.230 0.534
 Europe 68.0 0.008 38.9 0.147 0.0 0.846 68.5 0.007 72.0 0.003 0.0 0.594
 Asia 79.2 0.000 60.3 0.039 36.2 0.180 78.9 0.000 80.9 0.000 40.5 0.151
 America 44.7 0.164 20.4 0.285 0.0 0.612 40.5 0.186 50.2 0.134 0.0 0.441
Sample size 0.723 0.180 0.679 0.874 0.818 0.214
 Large (>100) 38.7 0.110 0.0 0.619 0.0 0.603 57.3 0.016 53.1 0.029 0.0 0.664
 Small (<100) 83.8 0.000 64.0 0.011 12.0 0.338 80.7 0.000 84.5 0.000 37.1 0.145