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Table 1 Main characteristics of all studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Association of interferon regulatory factor 4 gene polymorphisms rs12203592 and rs872071 with skin cancer and haematological malignancies susceptibility: a meta-analysis of 19 case–control studies

rs12203592

Case

  

Control

   

First author

Year

Country

 Ethnicity

Cancer type

Source of controls

CC

TC

TT

CC

TC

TT

HWE

Gathany [24]

2009

USA

Mixed

NHL

PB

730

239

19

605

202

18

0.814

Wang 1 [40]

2009

USA

Mixed

NHL

PB

299

123

13

357

143

15

0.882

Wang 2 [40]

2009

USA

Mixed

NHL

PB

332

157

29

283

160

19

0.541

Kvaskoff [34]

2011

France

Caucasians

Melanoma

HB

654

307

48

871

518

79

0.862

Han 1 [35]

2011

USA

Caucasians

Melanoma

HB

123

54

11

450

163

19

0.369

Han 2 [35]

2011

USA

Caucasians

Melanoma

HB

126

68

20

565

232

29

0.394

Pena-Chilet [32]

2013

Spain

Caucasians

Melanoma

PB

398

121

19

242

101

19

0.055

Han 3 [35]

2011

USA

Caucasians

SCC

HB

156

80

15

450

163

19

0.369

Han 4 [35]

2011

USA

Caucasians

SCC

HB

143

110

20

565

232

29

0.394

Han 5 [35]

2011

USA

Caucasians

BCC

HB

139

54

20

503

191

24

0.269

Han 6 [35]

2011

USA

Caucasians

BCC

HB

174

81

19

565

232

29

0.394

rs872071

Case

Control

First author

Year

Country

 Ethnicity

Cancer type

Source of controls

AA

AG

GG

AA

AG

GG

HWE

Di Bernardo 1 [27]

2008

UK

Caucasians

CLL

HB

63

248

190

305

720

411

0.754

Di Bernardo 2 [27]

2008

UK

Caucasians

CLL

PB

67

232

201

183

391

202

0.816

Lan [36]

2010

USA

Asians

CLL

HB

21

36

12

602

534

127

0.978

Crowther-Swanepoel [37]

2010

UK

Caucasians

CLL

PB

74

203

117

129

179

89

0.076

Broderick 1 [39]

2010

UK

Caucasians

HL

PB

16

55

36

228

519

278

0.629

Broderick 2 [39]

2010

UK

Caucasians

HL

PB

83

198

118

259

562

269

0.302

Pratt [38]

2010

UK

Caucasians

MM

PB

82

169

101

183

388

200

0.846

Qiao [33]

2013

China

Asians

NHL

HB

341

381

64

777

653

112

0.112

  1. BCC: Basal cell carcinoma; SCC: Squamous cell carcinoma; HL: Hodgkin lymphoma; NHL: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; MM: Multiple myeloma; CLL: Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
  2. PB: population based; HB: hospital based.
  3. HWE: Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.