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. 2018 Dec 31;40(2):279–288. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgy188

Table 1.

Meta-analysis of nine validated SNPs using two published melanoma GWAS datasets

The MDACC Study (n = 858) The Harvard Study (n = 409) Meta-analysis
SNP Allelea Gene Chr EAF HR (95% CI)b P b FDR FPRP EAF HR (95% CI)c P c P het I 2 HR (95% CI)d P d
rs485412 T/C CHRM3 1q43 0.24 0.66 (0.46–0.95) 0.026 0.533 0.200 0.25 0.57 (0.33–0.97) 0.039 0.660 0.000 0.63 (0.47–0.85) 2.90 × 10−3
rs1104370 A/G CHRM3 1q43 0.24 0.66 (0.46–0.95) 0.026 0.533 0.200 0.25 0.57 (0.33–0.97) 0.039 0.660 0.000 0.63 (0.47–0.85) 2.90 × 10−3
rs2841038 G/T CHRM3 1q43 0.24 0.65 (0.45–0.94) 0.024 0.513 0.187 0.26 0.56 (0.33–0.96) 0.036 0.650 0.000 0.62 (0.46–0.84) 2.10 × 10−3
rs2623439e A/G PDE1A 2q32.1 0.30 1.44 (1.06–1.95) 0.020 0.479 0.154 0.28 1.51 (1.01–2.28) 0.047 0.860 0.000 1.46 (1.15–1.87) 2.22 × 10−3
rs1430157 C/T PDE1A 2q32.1 0.31 1.41 (1.04–1.90) 0.026 0.530 0.188 0.29 1.61 (1.07–2.41) 0.016 0.610 0.000 1.48 (1.16–1.88) 1.52 × 10−3
rs6750552 T/C PDE1A 2q32.1 0.33 1.47 (1.08–1.98) 0.013 0.446 0.106 0.30 1.62 (1.07–2.45) 0.021 0.710 0.000 1.52 (1.19–1.94) 7.21 × 10−4
rs10931014 T/C PDE1A 2q32.1 0.33 1.39 (1.04–1.87) 0.027 0.535 0.200 0.30 1.65 (1.09–2.49) 0.018 0.510 0.000 1.47 (1.16–1.87) 1.59 × 10−3
rs6785564 A/G ITPR1 3p26.1 0.14 0.51 (0.32–0.81) 0.004 0.382 0.062 0.14 0.44 (0.20–0.96) 0.040 0.750 0.000 0.49 (0.33–0.73) 3.94 × 10−4
rs2596191 C/A RYR3 15q13.3-q14 0.44 0.69 (0.51–0.93) 0.016 0.460 0.130 0.42 0.64 (0.41–0.98) 0.039 0.780 0.000 0.67 (0.53–0.86) 1.71 × 10−3

EAF, effect allele frequency; FDR: false discovery rate; FPRP: false-positive report probability; Phet, P value for heterogeneity by Cochrane’s Q test.

aReference allele/effect allele.

bAdjusted for age, sex, Breslow thickness, distant/regional metastasis, ulceration and mitotic rate in the MDACC study.

cAdjusted for age and sex in the Harvard study.

dMeta-analysis in a fix-effects model.

eSNP genotyped, or else SNP imputed.