Research Article

A Case-Control Study and Meta-Analysis Reveal BDNF Val66Met Is a Possible Risk Factor for PTSD

Table 4

Individual studies with their respective odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

StudyVal66MetGenotype counts value
Val/ValVal/MetMet/Met

Zhang et al., 2006 [16]PTSD69 (71.88)26 (27.08)1 (1.04)#
No PTSD166 (66.40)74 (29.60)10 (4.00)
Odds ratio ( value)10.845 (0.779)0.241 (0.202)

Lee et al., 2006 [30]PTSD28 (26.17)57 (53.27)22 (20.56)
No PTSD48 (29.81)82 (50.93)31 (19.25)
Odds ratio ( value)11.192 (0.797)1.217 (0.834)

Valente et al., 2011 [28]
 All controlsPTSD48 (73.85)15 (23.08)2 (3.08)#
No PTSD584 (76.14)169 (22.03)14 (1.83)
Odds ratio ( value)11.080 (0.962)1.738 (0.751)
 Controls onlyPTSD48 (73.85)15 (23.08)2 (3.08)#
No PTSD555 (75.72)164 (22.37)14 (1.91)
Odds ratio ( value)11.058 (0.980)1.652 (0.788)
 PTSD− onlyPTSD48 (73.85)15 (23.08)2 (3.08)#
No PTSD29 (85.29)5 (14.71)0 (0.00)#
Odds ratio ( value)11.165 (0.482)1.860 (0.316)

Lyoo et al., 2011 [31]PTSD10 (33.33)15 (50.00)5 (16.67)
No PTSD14 (38.89)18 (50.00)4 (11.11)#
Odds ratio ( value)11.167 (0.950)1.750 (0.725)

Pivac et al., 2012 [22]PTSD235 (63.00)126 (33.78)12 (3.22)
No PTSD173 (65.28)86 (32.45)6 (2.26)
Odds ratio ( value)11.079 (0.884)1.472 (0.687)

Zhang et al., 2014 [27]PTSD20 (47.62)16 (38.10)6 (14.29)
No PTSD294 (70.17)104 (24.82)21 (5.01)
Odds ratio ( value)12.262 (0.048)4.200 (0.023)

Li et al., 2016 [23]PTSD39 (24.22)80 (49.69)42 (26.09)
No PTSD109 (29.46)190 (51.35)71 (19.19)
Odds ratio ( value)11.177 (0.725)1.653 (0.120)

Dretsch et al., 2016 [29]PTSD28 (68.29)8 (69.73)5 (12.20)
No PTSD129 (69.73)49 (26.49)7 (3.78)
Odds ratio ( value)10.752 (0.755)3.291 (0.129)

Our studyPTSD99 (65.62)46 (30.5)6 (4.0)
No PTSD71 (67.0)28 (26.4)7 (6.6)
Odds ratio ( value)11.178 (0.811)0.615 (0.639)

Note. #At least one cell count less than 5; value determined by Pearson’s test; value determined by Mantel-Haenszel test for trend in a given direction; significant findings are in bold.