Table 3.

Publication bias tests (Begg’s funnel plot and Egger’s test for publication bias test) for IL-10 -592 polymorphism

Egger’s test						Begg’s test
Genetic type	Coefficient	Standard error	t	P value	95%CI of intercept	z	P value
C-allele vs. A-allele	−0.181	1.211	−0.15	0.883	(−2.736–2.374)	1.26	0.208
CA vs. AA	−0.047	0.447	−0.11	0.917	(−0.992–0.897)	0.35	0.726
CC + CA vs. AA	−0.047	0.51	−0.09	0.927	(−1.124–1.029)	0.56	0.576