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. 2019 Apr 16;12:2879–2890. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S190093

Table 3.

Results of the meta-analysis from different genetic models

No. of cases/controls A vs G AA vs GG AA+GA vs GG AA vs.GA+GG
OR (95% CI) P I2 P (Q-test) OR (95% CI) P I2 P (Q-test) OR (95% CI) P I2 P (Q-test) OR (95% CI) P I2 P (Q-test)
Total 11,276/14,523 1.10(0.1.00–1.21) 0.051 79.1% <0.001 1.22(1.01–1.48) 0.042 74.9% <0.001 1.16(1.02–1.33) 0.026 68.3% <0.001 1.12(1.00–1.26) 0.059 69.6% <0.001
Ethnicity
 Caucasians 6,022/7,200 1.07(0.96–1.18) 0.216 69.5% <0.001 1.18(0.98–1.41) 0.088 58.5% 0.001 1.11(0.97–1.27) 0.122 49.2% 0.008 1.09(0.92–1.28) 0.314 67.2% <0.001
 Mixed 2,176/2,852 1.07(0.78–1.47) 0.687 83.9% 0.002 1.17(0.55–2.48) 0.676 83.9% 0.002 1.14(0.90–1.45) 0.279 56.4% 0.076 1.08(0.58–2.00) 0.816 81.0% 0.005
 Asians 3,078/4,471 1.27(0.87–1.87) 0.216 91.7% <0.001 1.60(0.67–3.80) 0.287 90.6% <0.001 1.42(0.71–2.85) 0.326 89.6% <0.001 1.23(1.01–1.49) 0.044 70.0% 0.001
Cancer type
 Prostate cancer 1,652/1,728 1.17(0.97–1.40) 0.098 59.5% 0.085 1.36(0.94–1.97) 0.106 56.8% 0.099 1.24(0.89–1.72) 0.208 70.7% 0.033 1.24(1.04–1.47) 0.014 0.0% 0.470
 Breast cancer 3,595/3,665 1.02(0.79–1.31) 0.878 82.4% <0.001 1.11(0.70–1.75) 0.669 71.3% 0.001 1.07(0.84–1.38) 0.576 46.1% 0.072 1.12(0.87–1.43) 0.385 78.3% <0.001
 Colorectal cancer 2,630/3,157 0.95(0.88–1.03) 0.203 0.0% 0.671 0.90(0.77–1.05) 0.169 0.0% 0.675 0.99(0.88–1.11) 0.849 0.0% 0.615 0.88(0.77–1.00) 0.046 0.0% 0.699
 Others 3,399/5,973 1.17(0.98–1.40) 0.081 82.7% <0.001 1.34(0.92–1.94) 0.127 81.1% <0.001 1.25(0.95–1.65) 0.104 78.2% <0.001 1.18(0.98–1.42) 0.083 63.0% 0.002
System of cancer
 Reproductive and breast cancer 5,313/5,936 1.10(0.95–1.29) 0.207 75.9% <0.001 1.28(0.98–1.68) 0.074 63.0% 0.002 1.15(0.97–1.37) 0.105 47.9% 0.032 1.17(0.97–1.40) 0.096 70.7% <0.001
 Hematopoietic malignancy 1,041/1,629 1.13(1.01–1.26) 0.038 0.0% 0.595 1.25(1.00–1.55) 0.049 0.0% 0.680 1.17(0.99–1.39) 0.068 0.0% 0.399 1.15(0.95–1.39) 0.140 0.0% 0.730
 Digestive system cancer 4,398/6,428 0.99(0.86–1.13) 0.838 73.4% <0.001 0.94(0.70–1.25) 0.658 70.4% 0.001 1.01(0.81–1.27) 0.928 71.7% <0.001 0.95(0.82–1.09) 0.454 47.5% 0.055
 Others 524/530 1.60(0.96–2.66) 0.070 88.2% <0.001 2.48(0.99–6.23) 0.053 85.1% 0.001 2.06(1.05–4.02) 0.035 80.3% 0.006 1.66(0.90–3.03) 0.102 78.6% 0.009
Sample size
 <1000 3,685/4,312 1.13(0.94–1.37) 0.200 81.6% <0.001 1.32(0.92–1.90) 0.129 74.8% <0.001 1.29(1.03–1.62) 0.027 64.3% <0.001 1.15(0.92–1.43) 0.224 73.3% <0.001
 ≥1000 7,591/10,211 1.04(0.96–1.12) 0.378 62.4% 0.006 1.05(0.88–1.26) 0.559 67.9% 0.002 1.01(0.90–1.13) 0.836 51.2% 0.037 1.09(0.97–1.23) 0.135 61.6% 0.005
Source of control
 Hospital-based 7,498/9,828 1.13(0.98–1.30) 0.087 83.6% <0.001 1.26(0.94–1.68) 0.118 81.3% <0.001 1.21(0.98–1.49) 0.073 77.7% <0.001 1.13(0.98–1.31) 0.100 71.1% <0.001
 Population-based 3,778/4,695 1.08(0.97–1.19) 0.151 47.6% 0.064 1.24(1.09–1.42) 0.001 0.0% 0.731 1.10(0.99–1.21) 0.069 0.0% 0.811 1.11(0.90–1.37) 0.314 65.2% 0.005