Review Article

Apolipoprotein E Gene Variants and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Distribution of Apo E alleles in the case and control groups included in the meta-analysis.

First author (year)Case/control (N/N)Distribution of apolipoprotein E alleles
ε2ε3ε4
CaseControlCaseControlCaseControl
N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)

(1) Wang (2004)292/68021 (7.2)48 (7.1)232 (79.4)583 (85.7)39 (13.4)49 (7.2)
(2) Bai (2001)100/944 (4.0)5 (5.3)90 (90.0)86 (91.5)6 (6.0)3 (3.2)
(3) Wang (2004)372/70027 (7.3)50 (7.1)291 (78.2)601 (85.9)54 (14.5)49 (7.0)
(4) Peng (2001)426/36034 (8.0)30 (8.3)328 (77.0)303 (84.2)64 (15.0)27 (7.5)
(5) Yang (2001)408/27220 (4.9)15 (5.5)348 (85.3)239 (87.9)40 (9.8)18 (6.6)
(6) Ouyang (2005)400/20031 (7.7)18 (9.0)291 (72.8)167 (81.5)78 (19.5)19 (9.5)
(7) Heide (2009)242/50011 (4.5)36 (8.3)202 (83.5)406 (81.2)29 (12.0)58 (11.5)
(8) Kolovou (2009)718/49637 (5.2)39 (7.9)612 (85.2)414 (83.4)69 (9.6)43 (8.7)
(9) Bahri (2008)160/2006 (3.7)9 (4.5)140 (87.6)174 (87.0)14 (8.7)17 (8.5)
(10) Akanji (2007)100/1306 (6.0)9 (6.9)87 (87.0)108 (83.1)7 (7.0)13 (10.0)
(11) Aydogan (2009)82/464 (4.9)4 (17.4)69 (84.1)37 (80.4)9 (11.0)5 (11.6)
(12) Ranjith (2004)390/60010 (2.6)27 (4.5)330 (84.6)517 (86.2)50 (12.8)56 (9.3)
(13) Peng (2003)300/31424 (8.0)16 (5.0)237 (79.0)275 (87.6)39 (13.0)23 (7.4)
(14) Singh (2008)386/30021 (5.4)23 (7.7)307 (79.5)257 (85.6)58 (15.1)20 (6.7)
(15) Keavney (2003)8968/11514609 (6.8)911 (7.9)6778 (75.6)8830 (76.7)1581 (17.6)1773 (15.4)
(16) Freitas (2002)1280/124861 (4.8)90 (7.2)1002 (78.2)958 (76.8)217 (17.0)200 (16.0)
(17) Kawakami (2001)450/42613 (2.9)15 (3.5)390 (86.7)349 (81.9)47 (10.4)62 (14.6)
(18) Attila (2001)214/18426 (12.1)15 (8.1)166 (77.6)163 (88.6)22 (10.3)6 (3.3)
(19) Kharrazi (2006)230/27018 (7.8)11 (4.1)169 (73.5)250 (92.6)43 (18.7)9 (3.3)
(20) Gamboa (2008)312/4005 (1.6)9 (2.2)283 (90.7)364 (91.0)24 (7.7)27 (6.8)
(21) Al-Yahyaee (2007)134/3541 (0.7)6 (1.7)127 (94.8)335 (94.6)6 (4.5)13 (3.7)
(22) Al-Bustan (2009)286/24421 (7.4)23 (9.4)246 (86.0)207 (84.9)19 (6.6)14 (5.7)
(23) Vaisi-Raygani (2010)324/35731 (9.6)40 (11.3)257 (79.3)289 (80.8)36 (11.1)28 (7.9)
(24) Corella (2011)1035/224642 (4.1)123 (5.5)891 (86.1)1928 (85.8)102 (9.9)195 (8.7)
(25) Fallah (2011)380/40073 (19.2)55 (13.8)141 (37.1)218 (54.5)166 (43.7)127 (31.8)
(26) Gustavsson (2012)3470/9308199 (5.7)738 (7.9)2672 (77.0)7065 (75.9)599 (17.3)1505 (16.2)
(27) Heidari (2013)132/12216 (12.1)14 (11.5)110 (83.3)108 (88.5)6 (4.5)0 (0)
(28) Marrzoq (2011)138/1365 (3.6)7 (5.2)114 (82.6)119 (87.5)19 (13.8)10 (7.4)
(29) Afroze (2015)400/90026 (6.5)66 (7.3)291 (72.8)732 (81.3)83 (20.8)102 (11.3)
(30) Sapkota (2015)1446/243252 (3.6)95 (3.9)1285 (88.9)2174 (89.4)109 (7.5)163 (6.7)