Review Article

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

Table 3

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

First author (year)Case/control (N/N)Distribution of apolipoprotein E genotype
E2/2E2/3E2/4E3/3E3/4E4/4
CaseControlCaseControlCaseControlCaseControlCaseControlCaseControl
N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)

(1) Wang (2004)146/3400 (0.0)3 (0.9)19 (13.0)41 (12.1)2 (1.3)1 (0.3)89 (61.0)249 (73.2)35 (24.0)44 (12.9)1 (0.7)2 (0.6)
(2) Bai (2001)50/470 (0.0)0 (0.0)4 (8.0)5 (10.6)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)40 (80.0)39 (82.99)6 (12.0)3 (6.4)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
(3) Wang (2004)186/3500 (0.0)3 (0.9)25 (13.4)43 (12.3)2 (1.1)1 (0.3)108 (58.1)257 (73.4)50 (26.9)44 (12.6)1 (0.5)2 (0.6)
(4) Peng (2001)213/1800 (0.0)0 (0.0)29 (13.6)27 (15.0)5 (2.3)3 (1.7)123 (57.7)126 (70.0)53 (24.9)24 (13.3)3 (1.4)0 (0.0)
(5) Yang (2001)204/1361 (0.5)1 (0.7)18 (8.8)12 (9.0)0 (0.0)1 (0.7)153 (25.0)106 (77.9)24 (11.8)15 (11.0)8 (3.9)1 (0.7)
(6) Ouyang (2005)200/1001 (0.5)0 (0.0)28 (14.0)17 (17.0)1 (1.0)1 (0.5)98 (49.0)66 (66.0)67 (33.5)14 (14.0)5 (2.5)2 (2.0)
(7) Heide (2009)121/2500 (0.0)0 (0.0)7 (5.8)31 (12.4)4 (3.3)5 (2.0)88 (72.7)163 (65.2)19 (15.7)49 (19.6)3 (2.5)2 (0.8)
(8) Kolovou (2009)359/2482 (0.6)0 (0.0)26 (7.2)36 (14.5)7 (1.9)3 (1.2)268 (74.7)171 (69.0)50 (13.9)36 (14.5)6 (1.7)2 (0.8)
(9) Bahri (2008)80/1000 (0.0)0 (0.0)6 (7.5)8 (8.0)0 (0.0)1 (1.0)61 (76.3)78 (78.0)13 (16.3)13 (13.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
(10) Akanji (2007)50/650 (0.0)0 (0.0)6 (12.0)9 (13.8)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)37 (74.0)43 (66.2)7 (14.0)13 (20.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
(11) Aydogan (2009)41/230 (0.0)0 (0.0)4 (9.8)3 (13.0)0 (0.0)1 (4.3)28 (68.3)15 (65.2)9 (22.0)4 (17.4)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
(12) Ranjith (2004)195/3000 (0.0)3 (1.0)7 (4.0)18 (6.0)3 (1.0)3 (1.0)139 (71.0)228 (76.0)45 (83.0)43 (14.0)1 (1.0)5 (2.0)
(13) Peng (2003)150/1571 (0.7)1 (0.6)21 (14.0)13 (8.3)1 (0.7)1 (0.6)93 (62.0)122 (77.7)30 (20.0)18 (11.5)4 (2.7)2 (1.7)
(14) Singh (2008)193/1501 (0.5)1 (0.7)15 (7.8)19 (12.7)4 (2.1)2 (1.3)123 (63.7)112 (74.7)46 (23.8)14 (9.7)4 (2.1)2 (1.3)
(15) Keavney (2003)4484/575734 (0.8)44 (0.8)440 (9.8)686 (11.9)101 (2.3)137 (2.4)2566 (57.2)3384 (58.8)1206 (26.9)1376 (23.9)137 (13.0)130 (2.2)
(16) Freitas (2002)640/6245 (0.8)4 (0.6)37 (5.8)67 (10.7)14 (2.2)15 (2.4)396 (62.0)372 (60.0)173 (27.0)147 (24.0)15 (2.3)19 (3.0)
(17) Kawakami (2001)225/2133 (1.2)0 (0.0)6 (2.7)13 (6.1)1 (0.4)2 (0.9)177 (78.7)140 (65.7)30 (1.3)56 (26.3)8 (3.6)2 (0.9)
(18) Attila (2001)107/929 (8.4)4 (4.3)7 (6.5)7 (7.6)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)71 (66.4)75 (81.6)18 (16.8)5 (5.4)2 (1.9)1 (1.1)
(19) Kharrazi (2006)115/1350 (0.0)0 (0.0)18 (15.7)11 (8.1)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)54 (47.0)115 (85.2)43 (37.4)9 (6.7)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
(20) Gamboa (2008)156/2000 (0.0)4 (2.0)5 (3.2)1 (0.5)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)127 (81.4)168 (84.0)24 (15.4)27 (13.5)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
(21) Al-Yahyaee (2007)67/1770 (0.0)0 (0.0)1 (1.5)6 (3.4)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)60 (89.6)158 (89.3)6 (9.0)13 (7.3)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
(22) Al-Bustan (2009)143/1228 (5.6)9 (7.3)3 (2.1)2 (1.6)2 (1.4)3 (2.5)114 (79.7)98 (80.3)15 (10.5)9 (7.4)1 (0.7)1 (0.8)
(23) Vaisi-Raygani (2010)162/1790 (0)6 (3.4)31 (19.1)26 (14.5)0 (0)2 (1.1)99 (61.1)119 (66.5)28 (17.3)24 (13.4)4 (2.5)2 (1.1)
(24) Corella (2011)534/11231 (0.1)1 (0)33 (6.2)105 (9.3)7 (1.3)16 (1.4)400 (74.9)828 (73.7)91 (17.0)167 (14.8)2 (0.4)6 (0.5)
(25) Fallah (2011)190/20013 (6.8)7 (3.5)10 (5.3)22 (11.0)37 (19.5)19 (9.5)35 (18.4)59 (29.5)61 (32.1)78 (39.0)34 (17.9)15 (7.5)
(26) Gustavsson (2012)1735/465411 (0.6)32 (0.7)133 (7.8)547 (11.8)44 (2.5)127 (2.7)1044 (60.2)2689 (57.8)451 (26.0)1140 (24.5)52 (3.0)119 (2.6)
(27) Heidari (2013)66/618 (12.1)7 (11.5)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)52 (78.8)54 (88.5)6 (9.1)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
(28) Marrzoq (2011)69/680 (0)0 (0)5 (7.2)7 (10.3)0 (0)0 (0)45 (65.2)51 (75.0)19 (27.5)10 (14.7)0 (0)0 (0)
(29) Afroze (2015)200/4502 (1)9 (2)18 (9)364 (2)12 (2.7)110 (55)315 (7)53 (26.5)66 (14.7)13 (6.5)12 (2.7)
(30) Sapkota (2015)723/12121 (0.1)1 (0)46 (6.4)83 (6.8)4 (0.5)10 (0.8)572 (79.1)977 (80.6)95 (13.1)137 (11.3)5 (0.7)4 (0.3)