Meta-Analysis
Copyright ©2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2013; 19(39): 6656-6664
Published online Oct 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i39.6656
Table 1 Characteristics of previously published association studies of MIF -173G > C in inflammatory bowel disease
CohortSample sizeDemographics
Ref.
Racemean ± SD% maleIBD diagnosis
1Cases: 111Japanese39 ± 14.252.3UC[18]
Controls: 20944 ± 18.458.4NA
2Cases: 221Japanese40.1 ± 14.046.2UC[15]
Controls: 31241.4 ± 18.150.3NA
3Cases: 99Han Chinese38.4 ± 10.661.6CD (15); UC (84)[13]
Controls: 14242.3 ± 11.664.1NA
4Cases: 623Caucasian-48 (CD); 49.0 (UC)CD (336); UC (287)[16]
Controls: 361--NA
5Cases: 672Caucasian-47.1 (CD); 43.0 (UC)CD (325); UC (347)[16]
Controls: 526--NA
6Cases: 99Caucasian--41 (CD); 58 (UC)[17]
Controls: 123--NA
7Cases: 198Caucasian39.5 ± 11.948.0CD[12]
Controls: 15944.1 ± 15.846.5NA
8Cases: 259Caucasian42.3 ± 10.2 (CD); 44.1 ± 15.3 (UC)-157 (CD), 102 (UC)[14]
Controls: 489--NA
9Cases: 1234Caucasian-47.2CD[32]
Controls: 2112-51.0NA
10Cases: 590Caucasian21 ± 10.847.2CD[33,34]
Controls: 678-49.3NA
Controls: 48844.9 ± 11.241.2NA
12Cases: 139Caucasian (Indian)41.0 ± 14.1159.3139 (UC)[19]1
Controls: 176NA
Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the New Zealand inflammatory bowel disease patients and controls n (%)
CharacteristicControlsCDUCIBD-U
Number of females340 (63.0)307 (63.0)242 (51.5)13 (50.0)
Age at first diagnosis (yr)
< 1757 (11.3)28 (5.9)
17-40277 (55.0)231 (48.6)15 (55)
> 40170 (33.7)216 (45.5)12 (45)
CD location
Colonic211 (41.8)
Ileocaecal125 (24.8)
Ileal64 (32.5)
Isolated upper GI disease3 (0.6)
Perianal disease modifier136 (27.0)
CD behaviour
Non-stricturing/ non-penetrating286 (56.8)
Penetrating57 (11.3)
Stricturing161 (31.9)
UC location
Proctitis164 (34.5)3 (11.1)
Left-sided125 (26.3)5 (18.5)
Extensive181 (38.1)19 (70.4)
Table 3 Allele and genotype frequencies of MIF-173G > C in New Zealand Caucasian patients with inflammatory bowel disease compared with controls
PhenotypeGenotype
MAFAllelic P (unadjusted)OR (95%CI)
GGGCCC
Control328 (0.672)143 (0.293)17 (0.035)177 (0.181)
IBD668 (0.676)287 (0.290)33 (0.033)353 (0.179)0.860.98 (0.80-1.20)
UC320 (0.687)129 (0.277)17 (0.036)163 (0.175)0.710.96 (0.76-1.21)
Age at first diagnosis (yr)
< 1717 (0.610)11 (0.390)011 (0.196)0.781.10 (0.56-2.18)
17-40153 (0.680)60 (0.267)12 (0.053)84 (0.187)0.811.04 (0.78-1.38)
> 40150 (0.704)58 (0.272)5 (0.023)68 (0.160)0.330.86 (0.63-1.17)
Disease location
Proctitis106 (0.658)49 (0.304)6 (0.037)61 (0.189)0.751.06 (0.76-1.46)
Left-sided92 (0.742)27 (0.218)5 (0.040)37 (0.149)0.230.79 (0.54-1.16)
Extensive118 (0.670)52 (0.295)6 (0.034)64 (0.182)0.991.00 (0.73-1.38)
CD331 (0.669)149 (0.301)15 (0.030)179 (0.181)0.980.00 (0.79-1.25)
Age at first diagnosis (yr)
< 1736 (0.642)19 (0.339)1 (0.017)21 (0.188)0.871.04 (0.63-1.72)
17-40188 (0.683)81 (0.295)6 (0.220)93 (0.169)0.550.92 (0.70-1.21)
> 40107 (0.652)49 (0.299)8 (0.049)65 (0.198)0.501.12 (0.81-1.53)
Disease location
Colonic131 (0.633)68 (0.328)8 (0.039)84 (0.203)0.351.15 (0.86-1.54)
Ileocaecal81 (0.653)37 (0.298)6 (0.048)49 (0.198)0.561.11 (0.78-1.58)
Ileal115 (0.719)44 (0.275)1 (0.006)46 (0.144)0.120.76 (0.53-1.08)
Disease behaviour
Non-stricturing/non-penetrating181 (0.644)92 (0.327)8 (0.028)108 (0.192)0.601.07 (0.82-1.40)
Penetrating37 (0.649)19 (0.333)1 (0.018)21 (0.184)0.941.02 (0.62-1.68)
Stricturing113 (0.720)38 (0.242)6 (0.038)50 (0.159)0.370.86 (0.61-1.21)
Table 4 Allele and genotype frequencies of MIF CATT5-8 haplotypes in New Zealand Caucasian controls and inflammatory bowel disease patients
PhenotypeGenotypea
MAFAllelic P (unadjusted)OR (95%CI)
5/55/XX/X
Control27 (0.050)187 (0.350)321 (0.600)241 (0.225)
IBD54 (0.055)366 (0.375)555 (0.569)474 (0.243)0.271.10 (0.93-1.32)
UC24 (0.051)172 (0.364)277 (0.586)220 (0.233)0.701.04 (0.85-1.28)
Age at first diagnosis (yr)
< 17011 (0.393)17 (0.607)11 (0.196)0.611.04 (0.43-1.65)
17-4010 (0.043)91 (0.394)130 (0.563)111 (0.240)0.521.09 (0.84-1.41)
> 4014 (0.065)70 (0.327)130 (0.607)98 (0.229)0.881.02 (0.78-1.33)
Disease location
Proctitis12 (0.073)56 (0.341)96 (0.585)80 (0.244)0.481.11 (0.83-1.48)
Left-sided5 (0.040)48 (0.387)71 (0.573)58 (0.234)0.771.05 (0.76-1.46)
Extensive7 (0.039)67 (0.372)106 (0.589)81 (0.225)0.991.00 (0.75-1.33)
CD30 (0.063)182 (0.555)264 (0.555)242 (0.254)0.121.18 (0.96-1.44)
Age at first diagnosis (yr)
< 174 (0.073)22 (0.400)29 (0.527)30 (0.273)0.261.29 (0.83-2.01)
17-4015 (0.057)104 (0.394)145 (0.549)134 (0.254)0.211.17 (0.92-1.49)
> 4011 (0.070)56 (0.357)90 (0.573)78 (0.248)0.391.14 (0.85-1.52)
Disease location
Colonic14 (0.070)75 (0.375)111 (0.555)103 (0.258)0.191.19 (0.91-1.56)
Ileocaecal7 (0.058)48 (0.397)66 (0.545)62 (0.256)0.191.19 (0.86-1.64)
Ileal9 (0.060)56 (0.371)86 (0.570)74 (0.245)0.471.12 (0.83-1.51)
Disease behaviour
Non-stricturing/non-penetrating18 (0.066)104 (0.382)150 (0.551)140 (0.257)0.151.19 (0.94-1.51)
Penetrating1 (0.019)20 (0.377)32 (0.604)22 (0.208)0.680.90 (0.55-1.47)
Stricturing11 (0.073)58 (0.384)82 (0.543)80 (0.265)0.151.24 (0.93-1.66)