Table 5.

Statistics to test publication bias and heterogeneity in this meta-analysis for MIF -173 G > C gene polymorphism: Asian population.

Comparisons	Egger’s regression analysis			Heterogeneity analysis			Model used for the meta-analysis
	Intercept	95% Confidence Interval	P value	Q-value	Pheterogeneity	I2 (%)
C Vs G	−3.42	−15.06 to 8.22	0.33	2.34	0.505	0.001	Fixed
CC Vs GG	−3.64	−12.28 to 5.00	0.21	6.53	0.088	54.12	Fixed
GC Vs GG	−1.42	−12.18 to 9.33	0.62	0.86	0.834	0.00	Fixed
CC + GC Vs GG	−2.23	−5.62 to 1.14	0.10	0.46	0.926	0.00	Fixed
CC Vs GC + GG	−3.83	−14.04 to 6.37	0.24	8.23	0.041	63.56	Random