TABLE 1.
The primary results of the meta-analyses in exploring the relationship between gene polymorphisms and AR.
Gene | Polymorphisms | Minor allele | Total Studies | Number of patients | Model | heterogenity test | Fixed or random effects model | OR | CI | p.value | Funnel plot asymmetry linear regression test | ||
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AR | Control | allelic/genomic | p.value | t | p.value | ||||||||
TNFα | rs1800629−308G/A | A | 5 | 1021 | 887 | Allelic | 0.004 | Random | 1.56 | [1.00; 2.42] | 0.05 | −0.4 | 0.717 |
TGFβ1 | rs1800469−509C/T | C | 4 | 560 | 519 | Allelic | <0.001 | Random | 0.89 | [0.37; 2.12] | 0.79 | −0.51 | 0.659 |
IL-13 | rs1800925−1112C>T | T | 5 | 984 | 1284 | Allelic | 0.35 | Fixed | 0.99 | [0.85; 1.17] | 0.94 | 0.01 | 0.994 |
rs20541+2044G>A | A | 12 | 2924 | 2782 | Allelic | 0.05 | Fixed | 1.22 | [1.12; 1.33] | <0.001 | 1.19 | 0.262 | |
CTLA-4 | rs3087243 | A | 3 | 1039 | 1142 | Allelic | 0.54 | Fixed | 1.06 | [0.93; 1.20] | 0.38 | −3.7 | 0.168 |
rs231725 | G | 3 | 1041 | 1134 | Allelic | 0.06 | Random | 0.81 | [0.63; 1.05] | 0.12 | −4.81 | 0.13 | |
rs11571302 | A | 3 | 1040 | 1143 | Allelic | 0.17 | Fixed | 1.41 | [1.24; 1.60] | <0.001 | −10.67 | 0.059 | |
rs11571315 | G | 3 | 1041 | 1144 | Allelic | 0.14 | Fixed | 1.00 | [0.89; 1.55] | 0.97 | 4.29 | 0.146 | |
IL-4 | rs2243250−590C>T | T | 8 | 1660 | 1807 | Allelic | <0.001 | Random | 1.37 | [0.95; 1.98] | 1.37 | 0.71 | 0.506 |
rs2227284T2979G | G | 3 | 657 | 963 | Allelic | <0.001 | Random | 1.56 | [0.64; 3.80] | 0.33 | 1.64 | 0.349 | |
rs2070874C−33T | C | 3 | 597 | 962 | Allelic | 0.0003 | Random | 0.68 | [0.34; 1.37] | 0.28 | −2.24 | 0.267 | |
CD14 | rs2569190−159C/T | T | 10 | 1787 | 1820 | Allelic | 0.0007 | Random | 0.93 | [0.78; 1.12] | 0.46 | 1.71 | 0.126 |
FOXP3 | rs3761548−3279A>C | A | 5 | 935 | 925 | Allelic | 0.005 | Random | 0.89 | [0.65; 1.20] | 0.44 | 0.12 | 0.910 |
rs2232365−924A>C | C | 4 | 796 | 763 | Allelic | 0.29 | Fixed | 0.97 | [0.83; 1.13] | 0.69 | 0.82 | 0.498 | |
IL-18 | rs1946518−607C/A | A | 4 | 1362 | 833 | Allelic | 0.28 | Fixed | 1.02 | [0.90; 1.16] | 0.74 | 2.96 | 0.098 |
rs187238−137G/C | C | 3 | 1202 | 662 | Allelic | 0.73 | Fixed | 0.91 | [0.78; 1.06] | 0.22 | 2.22 | 0.269 | |
rs4988359/rs360721 C133/140G | G | 3 | 1202 | 662 | Allelic | 0.41 | Fixed | 0.89 | [0.77; 1.04] | 0.14 | 10.68 | 0.059 | |
Tim-3 | rs10515746−574G/T | T | 4 | 571 | 691 | Allelic | 0.14 | Fixed | 1.21 | [0.78; 1.88] | 0.40 | 2.84 | 0.105 |
IL-4R | rs1801275Q576R//Gln551Arg | R | 9 | 924 | 920 | Allelic | 0.003 | Random | 1.48 | [1.07; 2.05] | 0.02 | 2.62 | 0.034* |
rs1805010 I50V | V | 3 | 179 | 197 | Allelic | 0.75 | Fixed | 0.84 | [0.63; 1.13] | 0.25 | 0.51 | 0.699 | |
ACE | I/D | D | 5 | 561 | 603 | Allelic | 0.03 | Random | 1.47 | [1.09; 1.97] | 0.01 | 1.25 | 0.301 |
TAP1 | 333V/I | V | 4 | 231 | 270 | Allelic | <0.001 | Random | 1.26 | [0.50; 3.15] | 0.62 | −0.57 | 0.627 |
TAP1 | 637G/D | G | 4 | 204 | 270 | Allelic | <0.001 | Random | 0.72 | [0.31; 1.69] | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.999 |