Table 1 Main characteristics of studies included in this meta-analysis
First author | Year | Country | Cases | Controls | Ethnicity | rs2745557 cases | Â | Â | rs2745557 controls | Â | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | CC (%) | TC (%) | TC + TT (%) | TT (%) | CC (%) | TC (%) | TC + TT (%) | TT (%) |
Wu et al. | 2011 | China | 218 | 436 | Asian | 165(75.7) | 49(22.5) | 53(24.3) | 4(1.8) | 320(73.4) | 107(24.5) | 116(26.6) | 9(2.1) |
Amirian et al. | 2011 | USA | 535 | 533 | Caucasian | 372(69.5) | Â | 163(30.5) | Â | 353(66.2) | Â | 180(33.8) | Â |
Salinas et al. | 2010 | USA | 335 | 396 | Caucasian | 225(67.2) | Â | 110(32.8) | Â | 251(63.4) | Â | 145(36.7) | Â |
Fradet et al. | 2009 | USA | 466 | 478 | Caucasian (83%), African American | 337(72.3) | Â | 129(27.7) | Â | 301(63.0) | Â | 177(37.0) | Â |
Dossus et al. | 2009 | USA Europe | 7941 | 8527 | Caucasian, African-American, Latino, native Hawaiian, Asian | 5614(70.7) | 2098(26.4) | 2327(29.3) | 229(28.8) | 5954(69.9) | 2338(27.4) | 2573(30.2) | 235(2.8) |
Cheng et al. | 2007 | USA | 89 | 89 | African American | 69(77.5) | 19(21.3) | 20(22.5) | 1(1.1) | 56(63.0) | 30(33.7) | 33(37.1) | 3(3.4) |
Cheng et al. | 2007 | USA | 417 | 417 | Caucasian | 295(70.7) | 107(25.7) | 122(29.3) | 15(36.0) | 262(62.8) | 142(34.1) | 155(37.2) | 13(3.1) |
Shahedi et al. | 2006 | Sweden | 1355 | 765 | Caucasian | 945(69.7) | 376(27.7) | 410(30.3) | 34(2.5) | 545(71.2) | 205(26.8) | 220(28.8) | 15(2.0) |