The TERT rs2736100 Polymorphism and Cancer Risk: A Meta-analysis Based on 25 Case-Control Studies

BMC Cancer

Table 3 Study characteristics from published studies on the relation of the TERT rs2736100 polymorphism to adenocarcinoma in this meta-analysis

ID	First author	Year	Ethnicity	Cancer type	Source of controls	Total	Cases			Controls			HWE
							TT	TG	GG	TT	TG	GG
1	Jin(China)[21]	2009	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	PB	374	38	101	32	73	98	32	0.93
2	Wang(England)[22]	2010	European	Adenocarcinoma	PB	665	13	60	39	136	259	158	0.15
3	Kohno(Japan)[23]	2010	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	MIXED	2624	488	796	372	373	460	135	0.72
4	Hsiung(China-GELAC)[24]	2010	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	PB	1169	118	330	136	225	278	82	0.79
5	Hsiung(China-GELAC(replication))[24]	2010	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	PB	967	99	213	95	214	260	86	0.63
6	Hsiung(China-CAMSCH)[24]	2010	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	PB	474	47	88	53	87	154	45	0.09
7	Hsiung(Korea-SNU)[24]	2010	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	PB	503	70	109	38	114	141	31	0.19
8	Hsiung(Korea-KNUH)[24]	2010	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	PB	212	35	45	23	44	46	19	0.25
9	Hsiung(Korea-KUMC)[24]	2010	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	PB	149	20	37	9	31	41	11	0.66
10	Hsiung(China-WHLCS)[24]	2010	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	HB	295	19	48	22	65	104	37	0.68
11	MiKi(Japan)[25]	2010	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	MIXED	2904	291	498	215	696	890	314	0.30
12	MiKi(Japan(replication))[25]	2010	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	HB	8201	157	273	95	2830	3664	1182	0.94
13	MiKi(Korea)[25]	2010	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	HB	2015	174	277	106	567	692	199	0.60
14	Hu(China)[26]	2011	Asian	Adenocarcinoma	HB	13701	1148	2155	1020	3231	4533	1614	0.72

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