Table 1. Main characteristics of included studies in our meta-analysis.
Author | Year | Country | Ethnicity | Cancer type | Control source | Genotyping method | Number of cases | Number of controls | HWE | ||||
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GG | GA | AA | GG | GA | AA | ||||||||
Zhong | 2016 | China | Asian | Colorectal | HB | PCR-RFLP | 85 | 125 | 64 | 152 | 172 | 34 | Yes |
Masaoka | 2016 | Japan | Asian | Bladder | HB | TaqMan | 3 | 38 | 33 | 27 | 265 | 448 | Yes |
Liu | 2016 | China | Asian | Hepatocellular | HB | Affymetrix | 48 | 262 | 283 | 236 | 1229 | 1748 | Yes |
Kagemoto | 2016 | Japan | Asian | Esophageal | PB | Multiplex PCR | 31 | 36 | 50 | 60 | 389 | 676 | Yes |
Chen | 2016 | China | Asian | Gastric | HB | PCR-RFLP | 83 | 117 | 46 | 104 | 125 | 45 | Yes |
Ji | 2015 | Korea | Asian | Head and neck | HB | TaqMan | 26 | 107 | 127 | 15 | 125 | 190 | Yes |
Hidaka | 2015 | Japan | Asian | Gastric | PB | TaqMan | 32 | 173 | 252 | 35 | 168 | 254 | Yes |
Bediaga | 2015 | Spain | Caucasian | Head and neck | PB | TaqMan | 78 | 61 | 61 | 203 | 391 | 39 1 | NA |
Ye | 2014 | China | Asian | Esophageal | HB | PCR-RFLP | 224 | 400 | 377 | 150 | 578 | 663 | Yes |
Tsai | 2014 | China | Asian | Head and neck | HB | TaqMan | 47 | 165 | 224 | 25 | 221 | 268 | No |
Chung | 2014 | China | Asian | UADT | HB | MassARRAY | 68 | 76 | 108 | 25 | 111 | 125 | Yes |
Yuan | 2013 | China | Asian | Head and neck | PB | TaqMan | 42 | 180 | 170 | 72 | 362 | 455 | Yes |
Wu | 2013 | China | Asian | Esophageal | PB | TaqMan | 138 | 309 | 355 | 101 | 410 | 510 | Yes |
Gao | 2013 | China | Asian | Esophageal | PB | TaqMan | 252 | 907 | 939 | 199 | 909 | 1155 | Yes |
Dura | 2013 | Dutch | Caucasian | Esophageal | PB | TaqMan | 326 | 20 | 0 | 406 | 23 | 0 | Yes |
Crous-Bou | 2013 | Spain | Caucasian | Colorectal | PB | Illumina | 457 | 324 | 79 | 513 | 360 | 54 | Yes |
Liang | 2012 | Island | Mixed | Head and neck | PB | TaqMan | 530 | 38 | 5 | 593 | 76 | 15 | No |
Gu | 2012 | China | Asian | Esophageal | HB | MassArray | 53 | 168 | 158 | 26 | 170 | 182 | Yes |
Ferrari | 2012 | France | Caucasian | Colorectal | PB | TaqMan | 1129 | 97 | 5 | 1800 | 176 | 6 | Yes |
Duell | 2012 | Spain | Caucasian | Gastric | PB | Illumina | 317 | 45 | 2 | 1133 | 132 | 6 | Yes |
Chiang | 2012 | China | Asian | Colorectal | HB | PCR-RFLP | 7 | 34 | 62 | 43 | 205 | 297 | Yes |
Yin | 2011 | Japan | Asian | Colorectal | PB | PCR-RFLP | 25 | 161 | 268 | 71 | 393 | 588 | Yes |
Wang | 2011 | China | Asian | Esophageal | HB | PCR-CTPP | 15 | 34 | 33 | 17 | 67 | 78 | Yes |
McKay | 2011 | France | Caucasian | UADT | PB | Illumina | 6776 | 4161 | 4161 | 7742 | 9071 | 907 1 | NA |
Marichalar-Mendia | 2011 | Spain | Caucasian | Head and neck | PB | TaqMan | 80 | 71 | 71 | 203 | 391 | 39 1 | NA |
Ji | 2011 | Korea | Asian | Head and neck | HB | TaqMan | 30 | 87 | 108 | 15 | 112 | 174 | Yes |
Hakenewerth | 2011 | U.S.A. | Mixed | Head and neck | PB | Illumina | 1192 | 311 | 311 | 1243 | 791 | 791 | NA |
Wei | 2010 | U.S.A. | Caucasian | Head and neck | HB | PCR-RFLP | 1059 | 51 | 0 | 1075 | 52 | 2 | Yes |
Tanaka | 2010 | Japan | Asian | Esophageal | HB | Affymetrix | 151 | 5911 | 5911 | 44 | 7761 | 776 1 | NA |
Soucek | 2010 | Czech | Caucasian | Head and neck | HB | TaqMan | 101 | 21 | 0 | 111 | 10 | 1 | Yes |
Mohelnikova- Duchonova | 2010 | Czech | Caucasian | Pancreatic | PB | TaqMan | 213 | 22 | 0 | 242 | 22 | 1 | Yes |
Garcia | 2010 | Brazil | Mixed | Head and neck | HB | PCR-RFLP | 195 | 12 | 0 | 213 | 29 | 2 | Yes |
Cao | 2010 | China | Asian | Gastric | PB | DHPLC | 40 | 148 | 194 | 29 | 160 | 193 | Yes |
Yang | 2009 | China | Asian | Colorectal | HB | SNPLex | 39 | 181 | 205 | 62 | 319 | 370 | Yes |
Oze | 2009 | Japan | Asian | UADT | HB | TaqMan | 71 | 222 | 292 | 53 | 408 | 709 | Yes |
Kawase | 2009 | Japan | Asian | Breast | HB | TaqMan | 25 | 162 | 265 | 47 | 322 | 539 | Yes |
Kanda | 2009 | Japan | Asian | Pancreatic | HB | TaqMan | 4 | 55 | 101 | 74 | 551 | 975 | Yes |
Ding | 2009 | China | Asian | Esophageal | PB | DHPLC | 8 | 75 | 108 | 19 | 96 | 106 | Yes |
Cui | 2009 | Japan | Asian | Esophageal | PB | Illumina | 194 | 363 | 510 | 151 | 986 | 1626 | Yes |
Akbari | 2009 | Iran | Asian | Esophageal | PB | MassARRAY | 21 | 232 | 490 | 73 | 471 | 827 | Yes |
Solomon | 2008 | India | Asian | Head and neck | HB | PCR-RFLP | 13 | 56 | 57 | 8 | 38 | 54 | Yes |
Lee | 2008 | China | Asian | Esophageal | HB | PCR-RFLP | 117 | 149 | 140 | 46 | 275 | 335 | Yes |
Guo | 2008 | China | Asian | Esophageal | HB | PCR-RFLP | 17 | 25 | 38 | 24 | 168 | 288 | Yes |
Gao | 2008 | China | Asian | Colorectal | PB | DHPLC | 15 | 73 | 102 | 20 | 109 | 93 | Yes |
Ding | 2008 | China | Asian | Hepatocellular | PB | PCR-RFLP | 21 | 132 | 54 | 26 | 97 | 84 | Yes |
Zhang | 2007 | U.S.A. | Caucasian | Gastric | PB | TaqMan | 261 | 31 | 1 | 352 | 48 | 1 | Yes |
Yin | 2007 | Japan | Asian | Colorectal | PB | PCR-RFLP | 40 | 294 | 345 | 37 | 289 | 452 | Yes |
Yang | 2007 | China | Asian | Esophageal | PB | PCR-CTPP | 33 | 80 | 78 | 22 | 76 | 100 | Yes |
Hiraki | 2007 | Japan | Asian | Head and neck | HB | TaqMan | 26 | 75 | 138 | 31 | 213 | 471 | Yes |
Asakage | 2007 | Japan | Asian | Head and neck | PB | PCR-RFLP | 31 | 223 | 388 | 19 | 28 | 49 | No |
Sakamoto | 2006 | Japan | Asian | Hepatocellular | HB | PCR-CTPP | 12 | 73 | 124 | 13 | 103 | 159 | Yes |
Matsuo | 2006 | Japan | Asian | Colorectal | HB | PCR-CTPP | 19 | 102 | 136 | 36 | 259 | 473 | Yes |
Hashibe | 2006 | France | Caucasian | Head and neck | HB | TaqMan | 719 | 471 | 471 | 877 | 1081 | 108 1 | NA |
Hashibe | 2006 | France | Caucasian | Esophageal | HB | TaqMan | 163 | 41 | 41 | 792 | 951 | 95 1 | NA |
Chen | 2006 | China | Asian | Esophageal | HB | PCR-RFLP | 88 | 117 | 125 | 39 | 240 | 313 | Yes |
Yang | 2005 | China | Asian | Esophageal | HB | PCR-CTPP | 6 | 85 | 74 | 22 | 168 | 304 | Yes |
Wu | 2005 | China | Asian | Esophageal | PB | PCR-RFLP | 39 | 49 | 46 | 16 | 191 | 130 | No |
Landi | 2005 | France | Caucasian | Colorectal | HB | Millipore | 292 | 54 | 2 | 263 | 48 | 3 | Yes |
Risch | 2003 | Germany | Caucasian | Head and neck | PB | PCR-RFLP | 227 | 18 | 0 | 227 | 24 | 0 | Yes |
Chao | 2003 | China | Asian | Esophageal | HB | PCR-RFLP | 19 | 41 | 28 | 7 | 43 | 55 | Yes |
Yokoyama | 2002 | Japan | Asian | Esophageal | PB | PCR-RFLP | 51 | 73 | 110 | 31 | 220 | 383 | Yes |
Boonyaphiphat | 2002 | Thailand | Asian | Esophageal | HB | APLP | 15 | 86 | 101 | 28 | 139 | 94 | No |
Yokoyama | 2001 | Japan | Asian | Esophageal | PB | PCR-RFLP | 56 | 561 | 561 | 145 | 3811 | 381 1 | NA |
Yokoyama | 2001 | Japan | Asian | Gastric | PB | PCR-RFLP | 28 | 101 | 101 | 145 | 3811 | 381 1 | NA |
Takeshita | 2000 | Japan | Asian | Hepatocellular | PB | PCR-RFLP | 3 | 36 | 63 | 8 | 43 | 74 | Yes |
Hori | 1997 | Japan | Asian | Esophageal | HB | PCR-RFLP | 20 | 31 | 40 | 5 | 20 | 43 | Yes |
Abbreviations: APLP, amplified product length polymorphism; DHPLC, denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography; HB, hospital-based, NA, not applicable; PB, population-based; PCR-CTPP, PCR with the confronting-two-pair primer; PCR-RFLP, PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism; UADT, upper aerodigestive tract.
The number of GA + AA.