Table 4.
Publication bias tests (Begg’s funnel plot and Egger’s test for publication bias test) for HTRA1 rs11200638 polymorphism
| Egger’s test | Begg’s test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genetic type | Coefficient | Standard error | t | P value | 95%CI of intercept | z | P value |
| A-allele vs. G-allele | 0.211 | 0.924 | 0.23 | 0.820 | (−1.673–2.096) | 0.42 | 0.676 |
| AG vs. GG | −0.031 | 0.500 | −0.06 | 0.951 | (−1.051–0.989) | 0.29 | 0.768 |
| AA+AG vs. GG | −0.045 | 0.532 | −0.08 | 0.933 | (−1.130–1.040) | 0.26 | 0.792 |
| AA vs. GG | 0.297 | 0.382 | 0.78 | 0.441 | (−0.481–1.076) | 0.36 | 0.722 |
| AA vs. AG + GG | 0.365 | 0.438 | 0.83 | 0.412 | (−0.529–1.258) | 0.60 | 0.546 |