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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in meta-analysis of overall asthma

From: Interleukin 4 gene polymorphism (−589C/T) and the risk of asthma: a meta-analysis and met-regression based on 55 studies

Study author

Year

Country

Ethnicity 1 (Continent)

Ethnicity 2

Ethnicity 3

Age group

Total cases/control

Genotyping method

Quality Score

Walley et al. [29]

1996

UK

Europe

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

124 / 59

PCR-RFLP

6

Hijazi et al. [30]

2000

Kuwait

Asia

non East-Asian

Arab

Mixed

84 / 100

PCR-RFLP

6

Sandford et al. [31]

2000

New Zealand

Europe

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

233 / 143

PCR-RFLP

7

Takabayashi et al. [32]

2000

Japan

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

100 / 100

PCR-RFLP

6

Hakonarson et al. [33]

2001

Iceland

Europe

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

94 / 94

PCR

6

Cui et al. [34]

2003

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

241 / 175

PCR-RFLP

7

Basehore et al. (i) [16]

2004

USA

America

non East-Asian

African American

Adult

233 / 245

PCR

7

Basehore et al. (ii) [16]

2004

USA

America

non East-Asian

African American

Adult

168 / 269

PCR

7

Basehore et al. (iii) [16]

2004

USA

America

non East-Asian

African American

Adult

116 / 130

PCR

6

Lee et al. [35]

2004

Korea

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

254 / 100

PCR-RFLP

6

Park et al. [36]

2004

Korea

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

532 / 170

SNaPshot

8

Wang et al. [37]

2004

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

93 / 62

PCR-RFLP

6

Adjers et al. [38]

2004

Finland

Europe

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

243 / 401

PCR-RFLP

7

Donfack et al. (i) [26]

2005

USA

America

non East-Asian

African American

Mixed

126/ 205

LAS

6

Donfack et al. (ii) [26]

2005

USA

America

non East-Asian

African American

Mixed

205 / 183

LAS

7

Zhang et al. (i) [27]

2005

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

152 / 157

PCR-RFLP

6

Zhang et al. (ii) [27]

2005

Malaysia

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

76 / 100

PCR-RFLP

6

Zhang et al. (iii) [27]

2005

India

Asia

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

87 / 103

PCR-RFLP

6

Gervaziev et al. [39]

2006

Russia

Europe

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

109 / 68

PCR-RFLP

6

Schubert et al. [40]

2006

Germany

Europe

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

231 / 270

PCR-RFLP

7

Kabesch et al. [41]

2006

Germany

Europe

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

73 / 773

PCR-RFLP

6

Battle et al. [42]

2007

USA

America

non East-Asian

African American

Mixed

255 / 175

PCR-RFLP

6

Hosseini-Farahabadi et al. [43]

2007

Iran

Asia

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

30 / 50

PCR-RFLP

5

Kamali-Sarvestani et al. [44]

2007

Iran

Asia

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

149 / 112

PCR-RFLP

6

Chiang et al. [45]

2007

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

167 / 111

PCR-RFLP

6

Mak et al. [46]

2007

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

289 / 292

PCR-RFLP

7

Attab et al. [47]

2008

Jordan

Asia

non East-Asian

Arab

Pediatric

40 / 40

PCR-RFLP

5

De Faria et al. [48]

2008

Brazil

America

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

88 / 202

PCR-RFLP

6

Jiang et al. [49]

2009

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

13 / 13

PCR-RFLP

5

Amirzargar et al. [50]

2009

Iran

Asia

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

59 / 139

PCR-RFLP

6

Daley et al. [51]

2009

Australia

Oceania

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

644 / 751

Illumina Bead array system

8

Haller et al. [52]

2009

USA

America

non East-Asian

African American

Adult

72 / 70

PCR-RFLP

6

Rad et al. [53]

2010

Iran

Asia

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

64 / 65

PCR-RFLP

6

Wu et al. [54]

2010

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

252 / 227

PCR-RFLP

7

Beghe et al. [55]

2010

UK and Italy

Europe

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

299 / 176

PCR-RFLP

7

Bijanzadeh et al. [56]

2010

India

Asia

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

100 / 50

PCR-RFLP

6

Fance et al. [57]

2010

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

62 / 30

PCR-RFLP

6

Baye et al. (i) [28]

2011

USA

America

non East-Asian

African American

Pediatric

413 / 298

Illumina GoldenGate Assay system

7

Baye et al. (ii) [28]

2011

USA

America

non East-Asian

African American

Pediatric

315 / 51

Illumina GoldenGate Assay system

6

Daneshmandi et al. [58]

2011

Iran

Asia

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

81 / 124

PCR-RFLP

7

Huang et al. [59]

2011

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

100 / 122

PCR-RFLP

6

Hwang et al. [60]

2012

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

188 / 376

PCR-RFLP

7

Chiang et al. [61]

2012

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Adult

452 / 106

PCR-RFLP

6

Micheal et al. [62]

2013

Pakistan

Asia

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

108 / 120

PCR-RFLP

6

Ricciardolo et al. [63]

2013

Italy

Europe

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

57 / 124

PCR-SSP

6

Smolnikova et al. [64]

2013

Russia

Europe

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

64 / 50

PCR-RFLP

6

Li et al. [65]

2014

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

491 / 503

PCR-LDR

7

Wang et al. [66]

2015

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

392 / 849

Mass array

7

Dahmani et al. [67]

2016

Algeria

Africa

non East-Asian

Arab

Adult

44 / 19

PCR-RFLP

6

Li et al. [68]

2016

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

317 /351

PCR and Sequencing

7

Narozna et al. [69]

2016

Poland

Europe

non East-Asian

Caucasian

Mixed

177 / 189

Taq Man

7

Zhang et al. [68]

2016

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

38 / 35

PCR and Sequencing

6

Hussein et al. [70]

2017

Iraq

Asia

non East-Asian

Arab

Mixed

48 / 25

ARMS-PCR

6

Abood et al. [71]

2018

Iraq

Asia

non East-Asian

Arab

Mixed

100 / 100

AS-PCR

6

Zhang et al. [72]

2019

China

Asia

East-Asian

Caucasian

Pediatric

37 / 29

PCR and Sequencing

5