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Table 1 Main characteristics of the included studies

From: The association between interleukin-6 gene -174G/C single nucleotide polymorphism and sepsis: an updated meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

First author

Year

Country

Age group

Type of case

Type of control

Ethnicity

Case

Control

HWEa in control

GG

GC

CC

GG

GC

CC

Schluter B

2002

USA

Adult

Sepsis, severe sepsis

Healthy

Caucasian

25

46

24

71

94

42

Yes

Non-survivor

Survivor

2

17

6

11

8

6

Yes

Harding D

2003

UK

Infant

Septicemia

Preterm infant

Mainly Caucasian

24

27b

30

76b

N/A

Balding J

2003

Ireland

Adult

Meningococcal sepsis

Healthy

Caucasian

59

97

27

123

209

68

Yes

Non-survivor

Survivor

13

10

2

46

87

25

Yes

Treszl A

2003

Hungary

Neonate

Sepsis

VLBWc neonate

Caucasian

18

13

2

34

29

7

Yes

Barber RC

2004

USA

Adult

Severe sepsis

ICU patients with no or mild sepsis

Mixed

17

19b

69

54b

N/A

Ahrens P

2004

Germany

Infant

Sepsis

VLBWc infants

Caucasian

24

21

5

97

177

32

No

Michalek J

2006

Czech Republic

aged 0–19 years

SIRSd, sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock and MODSe

Healthy

Caucasian

103

172

48

160

345

139

Yes

McDaniel DO

2006

USA

not clearf

Sepsis

ICU patients

African American

16g

0

6g

0

N/A

Caucasian

12g

3

13g

8

N/A

Sipahi T

2006

Turkey

aged 0–15 years

Severe sepsis

Healthy

not clear

26

14

4

52

19

6

No

Non-survivor

Survivor

9

5

1

17

9

3

Yes

Baier RJ

2006

USA

Infant

Sepsis

VLBWc infant

African American

94

18

2

110

9

0

Yes

Caucasian

12

16

3

7

16

3

Yes

Non-survivor

Survivor

African American

10

1

0

84

17

2

Yes

Caucasian

1

1

1

11

15

2

Yes

Göpel W

2006

Germany

Infant

Sepsis

VLBWc infant

Mainly Caucasian

29

50

18

128

143

49

Yes

Sabeinikovs O

2008

Latvia

Infant

Non-survivor

Survivor

Caucasian

10

21

13

20

32

7

Yes

Abdel-Hady H

2009

Egypt

Neonate

Sepsis

Neonates investigated for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Caucasian

17

26

11

28

32

11

Yes

Non-survivor

Survivor

2

5

6

15

21

5

Yes

Solé-Violán J

2010

Spain

Adult

Severe sepsis and septic shock

CAPh

Caucasian

141

144

36

392

341

84

Yes

Davis SM

2010

USA

Female adult

Puerperal group streptococcus sepsis

Healthy

Caucasian

10

11

2

21

22

9

Yes

Carregaro F

2011

Brazil

Adult

Sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock

Healthy

Mainly Caucasiani

49

39

9

94

96

17

Yes

Accardo Palumbo A

2011

Italy

aged 13–82 years

Sepsis

Burned patient

not clear

14g

2

22g

4

N/A

Watanabe E

2012

USA

Adult

Non-survivor

Survivor

Caucasian

113

149

46

245

363

125

Yes

Martín-Loeches I

2012

Spain

Adult

Sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock

Healthy

Caucasian

581

516

130

438

413

102

Yes

Feng B

2015

China

Adult

Non-survivor

Survivor

Asian

42

20

1

139

72

3

Yes

Allam G

2015

Saudi Arabia

Infant

Early-onset sepsis

Healthy

not clear

39

20

10

13

32

23

Yes

Lorente L

2016

Spain

Adult

Non-survivor

Survivor

not clear

47

36

3

76

74

27

Yes

Mao ZR

2016

China

Adult

Sepsis

Healthy

Asian

56

37

95

97

66

37

No

Jimenez-Sousa MA

2017

Spain

Adult

Septic shock

Healthy

Not clear

93

90

19

43

51

13

Yes

  1. aHardy-Weinberg equilibrium
  2. bGC and CC
  3. cvery low birth weight
  4. dsystemic inflammatory response syndrome
  5. emultiple organ disorder syndrome
  6. fpatients in surgery intensive care unit
  7. gGG and GC
  8. hcommunity-acquired pneumonia
  9. iCaucasian ancestry mainly, together with small amount of Asian and African ancestry