Interleukin-10-1082G/A polymorphism and acute liver graft rejection: A meta-analysis

Table 2 Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis

Ref.	Country	Ethnicity	No. of	Case		Control		Genotyping methods	HWE in controls
			case/control	AA	AG/GG	AA	AG/GG
Bathgate et al[21]	United Kingdom	Caucasian	68/76	16	52	22	54	PCR-SSP	Yes
Tambur et al[20]	Israel	Caucasian	33/30	19	14	14	16	PCR-SSP	No
Warlé et al[18]	Netherlands	Caucasian	41/48	6	35	17	31	ARMS-PCR	Yes
Fernandes et al[19]	United States	Caucasian	13/40	4	9	15	25	AS-PCR	Yes
Mas et al[17]	United States	Caucasian	19/55	12	7	12	43	DNA-sequencing	Yes
Karasu et al[16]	Turkey	Caucasian	26 /17	12	14	8	9	PCR-SSP	Yes
Xie et al[15]	China	Asian	41/145	36	5	128	17	PCR-RFLP	Yes

PCR-SSP: Polymerase chain reaction and sequence-specific primer typing; ARMS-PCR: Amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction; AS-PCR: Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction; PCR-RFLP: Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism; HWE: Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.