Table 1: Polymorphisms and characteristics of studies involved in this meta-analysis

SNP

First Author

Year

Ethnicity

Genotyping Method

Source of Control

Cancer type

Case

Control

TT

TC

CC

TT

TC

CC

P(HWE)

rs2516838

Zhaoet al.

2015

Chinese

Taqman

HB

HCC

33

49

12

47

43

10

0.971

Yuanet al.

2015

Chinese

PCR

HB

TC

261

65

8

628

191

35

0.000

rs2516839

Zhouet al.

2014

Chinese

PCR

PB

HCC

35

76

43

52

78

30

0.937

Zhaoet al.

2015

Chinese

Taqman

HB

HCC

45

22

27

63

25

12

0.001

Muet al.

2015

Chinese

PCR

HB

TC

88

154

92

281

387

187

0.014

rs2774276

Zhaoet al.

2015

Chinese

Taqman

HB

HCC

59

32

3

65

32

3

0.692

Muet al.

2015

Chinese

PCR

HB

TC

160

152

22

377

395

82

0.141

rs3737787

Zhouet al.

2014

Chinese

PCR

PB

HCC

63

72

20

89

54

17

0.052

Muet al.

2015

Chinese

PCR

HB

TC

147

144

43

453

303

98

0.000

 

HWE: Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; HB: Hospital-based, PB: Population-based, HCC: Hepatocellular Carcinoma, TC: Thyroid cancer