Table 2: A meta-analysis pooling odds ratios for cutaneous melanoma and dichotomous factors across case-control studies in populations of Spanish descent based on a random effects model.

 

 

Crude

Heterogeneity

Adjusted

Heterogeneity

N

OR

95% CI

p-value

I2

OR

95% CI

p-value

I2

Sun Sensitivity Factors

Skin Color - fair vs. dark

5

3.28

2.54-4.24

< 0.0001

99.20%

2.89

2.05-4.09

< 0.0001

99.00%

Skin Type - I & II vs. III & IV

5

3.13

2.51-3.91

0.0005

89.00%

3.53

2.04-6.11

0.0004

89.80%

Sunburns

Childhood- ever vs. never

4

5.77

4.33-7.68

0.0058

78.00%

5.57

3.00-10.33

0.0258

42.70%

Lifetime - ever vs. never

4

3.96

3.13-5.02

< 0.0001

99.00%

 

 

 

 

 

CI = Confidence interval, N = Number of subjects, OR = Odds ratios, vs. = versus.