Table 8.

Summary of the meta-analysis of the association of APOE gene polymorphisms with hyperlipidemia

Genotype model	Heterogeneity(I2/P)	OR(95%CI)	P	publication bias P
E2/E2	0.0%/0.634	1.746(1.081 ~ 2.819)	0.023	0.131
E2/E3	50.3%/0.001	1.076(0.883 ~ 1.311)	0.467	0.400
E2/E4	0.0%/0.790	1.693(1.227 ~ 2.336)	0.001	0.054
E3/E4	67.8%/< 0.001	1.578(1.276 ~ 1.951)	< 0.001	0.073
E4/E4	2.7%/ 0.424	2.346(1.723 ~ 3.195)	< 0.001	0.851

Publication bias P: using Begg’s or Egger’s tests