Brief Article
Copyright ©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2011; 17(2): 260-266
Published online Jan 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i2.260
Table 1 Characteristics of case-control studies included in meta-analysis
AuthorCountry /regionRacial descentSource of controlsCase (n)Control (n)Genotype distribution
Genotying typeHWE
Case (n)
Control (n)
Ile/IleIle/ValVal/ValIle/IleIle/ValVal/Val
Sivaraman et al[10], 1994USAMixedPopulation control4347329233140Allele-specific PCR0.230
Ishibe et al[18], 2000USAEuropeanPopulation control212221176315186314PCR-RFLP0.057
Sachse et al[19], 2002UKEuropeanPopulation control490592415687539485TaqMan< 0.01
Slattery et al[20], 2004USAEuropeanPopulation control99711709108251077867Allele-specific PCR< 0.01
Slattery et al[20], 2004USAEuropeanPopulation control7941010722666920855Allele-specific PCR0.052
Landi et al[21], 2005ItalyEuropeanHospital control362323333281298250Microarray and APEX0.469
Little et al[22], 2006UKEuropeanPopulation control251396235160372240PCR-RFLP0.534
Kiss et al[13], 2007HungaryEuropeanHospital control5005003861104415832Allele-specific PCR0.315
Yeh et al[23], 2007ChinaAsianHospital control7177294002288941026653PCR-RFLP0.280
Yoshida et al[24], 2007JapanAsianNot report661213427579375PCR-RFLP0.800
Pereira Serafim et al[25], 2008BrazilMixedPopulation control1141141497381330PCR-RFLP0.071
Kobayashi et al[26], 2009JapanAsianHospital control105225653281258713MassARRAY system0.674
Nisa et al[27], 2010JapanAsianPopulation control6857784182313646127641PCR-RFLP0.970