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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in meta-analysis of overall asthma

From: Interleukin-4 gene polymorphism (C33T) and the risk of the asthma: a meta-analysis based on 24 publications

Study author

Year

Country

continent

Ethnicity

Sex

cases/controls

Total cases/control

Age case/control

Genotyping method

Quality score

Suzuki et al.

2000

Japan

Asian

Caucasian

M = 50/60

F = 100/150

120 / 120

Adult

PCR-RFLP

6

Beghe et al.

2003

UK

European

Caucasian

M = 88/99

F = 93/89

187 / 182

Adult

PCR-RFLP

7

Basehore et al. (i)

2004

USA

American (USA white)

Caucasian

M = 93/140

F = 98/147

233 / 245

Adult

PCR

7

Basehore et al.(ii)

2004

USA

American

American- African

M = 77/91

F = 121/148

168 / 269

Adult

PCR

6

Basehore et al.(iii)

2004

USA

American (USA Hispanic)

Caucasian (Hispanic)

M = 54/62

F = 41/89

116 / 130

Adult

PCR

6

Park et al.

2004

Korea

Asian

Caucasian

M = 248/302

F = 85/86

532 / 170

Mixed

SnaP shot

8

Donfack et al. (i)

2005

USA

American

Caucasian

M = NR

F=NR

126 / 205

Mixed

LAS

6

Donfack et al.(ii)

2005

USA

American

American- African

M = NR

F=NR

205 / 183

Mixed

LAS

6

Garcia et al.

2005

Spain

European

Caucasian

M = NR

F=NR

133 / 79

Mixed

TaqMan

6

Battle et al.

2007

USA

American

American- African

M = 105/156

F = 67/109

261 / 176

Mixed

PCR-RFLP

6

Amirzargar et al.

2009

Iran

Asian

Caucasian

M = NR

F=NR

59 / 139

Mixed

PCR-SSP

5

Jiang et al.

2009

China

Asian

Caucasian

M = NR

F = NR

24 / 24

Adult

PCR-RFLP

5

Daley et al.

2009

Australia

Australian

Caucasian

M = NR

F = NR

643 / 751

Mixed

Illumina Bead array system

8

Haller et al.

2009

USA

American

American- African

M = NR

F=NR

72 / 70

Adult

PCR-RFLP

6

Wang et al.

2009

Taiwan

Asian

Caucasian

M = 299/147

F = 245/265

446 / 510

Children

TaqMan

7

Berce et al.

2010

Slovenia

European

Caucasian

M = NR

F=NR

106 / 89

Children

PCR-RFLP

6

Undarmaa et al. (i)

2010

Japan

Asian

Caucasian

M = NR

F=NR

324 / 336

Children

TaqMan-ASA

7

Undarmaa et al.(ii)

2010

Japan

Asian

Caucasian

M = NR

F=NR

367 / 676

Adult

TaqMan-ASA

8

Wu et al.

2010

China

Asian

Caucasian

M = 138/114

F = 118/109

252 / 227

Children

PCR-RFLP

7

Michel et al.

2010

Germany

European

Caucasian

M = NR

F=NR

703 / 658

Children

Illumina Sentrix Bead chip

8

Huang et al.

2011

China

Asian

Caucasian

M = 51/49

F = 70/52

100 / 122

Children

PCR-RFLP

6

Yang et al.

2011

China

Asian

Caucasian

M = 101/101

F = 155/50

202 / 205

Adult

MALDI-TOF

6

Chen et al.

2011

China

Asian

Caucasian

M = NR

F=NR

202 / 191

Children

MALDI-TOF

7

Micheal et al.

2013

Pakistan

Asian

Caucasian

M = NR

F=NR

108 / 120

Mixed

PCR-RFLP

6

Miyake et al.

2013

Japan

Asian

Caucasian

M = 0/89

F = 0/1281

89 / 1281

Adult

TaqMan

6

Davoodi et al.

2013

India

Asian

Caucasian

M = 45/55

F = 21/29

100 / 50

Adult

Mass Array

5

Wang et al.

2015

China

Asian

Caucasian

M = NR

F=NR

392 / 849

Children

Mass Array

8

Li et al.

2016

China

Asian

Caucasian

M = 134/183

F = 151/200

317 / 351

Children

PCR-RFLP

7

  1. NR not reported, M male, F female