Table 4.
False-positive report probability values for associations between the TNF-α−238 polymorphism and gastric cancer risk.
| Variables | OR(95%CI) | P value | Power | Prior Probability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.25 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 0.001 | 0.0001 | ||||
| A vs. G | ||||||||
| Asian | 1.46(1.16, 1.85) | 0.002 | 0.605 | 0.010 | 0.029 | 0.247 | 0.768 | 0.971 |
| Caucasian | 0.72(0.53, 0.99) | 0.043 | 0.670 | 0.161 | 0.366 | 0.864 | 0.985 | 0.998 |
| Other methods | 1.54(1.04, 2.30) | 0.033 | 0.565 | 0.149 | 0.344 | 0.852 | 0.983 | 0.998 |
| GA+AA vs. GG | ||||||||
| Asian | 1.46(1.11, 1.91) | 0.007 | 0.603 | 0.034 | 0.095 | 0.535 | 0.921 | 0.991 |
| Caucasian | 0.73(0.54, 0.99) | 0.043 | 0.710 | 0.154 | 0.353 | 0.857 | 0.984 | 0.998 |
| AA vs. GA+GG | ||||||||
| Asian | 2.41(1.16, 4.98) | 0.018 | 0.543 | 0.090 | 0.230 | 0.766 | 0.971 | 0.997 |
| HWE-positive | 3.82(1.69, 8.61) | 0.001 | 0.497 | 0.006 | 0.018 | 0.166 | 0.668 | 0.953 |
| HWE-negative | 0.45(0.21, 0.93) | 0.031 | 0.624 | 0.130 | 0.309 | 0.831 | 0.980 | 0.998 |
| Other methods | 3.43(1.37, 8.61) | 0.009 | 0.522 | 0.049 | 0.134 | 0.630 | 0.945 | 0.994 |
| AA vs. GG | ||||||||
| Asian | 2.41(1.17, 4.98) | 0.018 | 0.543 | 0.090 | 0.230 | 0.766 | 0.971 | 0.997 |
| HWE-positive | 3.68(1.64, 8.28) | 0.002 | 0.529 | 0.011 | 0.033 | 0.272 | 0.791 | 0.974 |
| HWE-negative | 0.44(0.21, 0.92) | 0.029 | 0.628 | 0.122 | 0.293 | 0.820 | 0.979 | 0.998 |
| Other methods | 3.40(1.36, 8.47) | 0.009 | 0.531 | 0.048 | 0.132 | 0.627 | 0.944 | 0.994 |
| GA vs. GG | ||||||||
| Asian | 1.40(1.03, 1.91) | 0.032 | 0.661 | 0.127 | 0.304 | 0.827 | 0.980 | 0.988 |
HWE, Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium.