A Meta-Analysis of the Association between DNMT1 Polymorphisms and Cancer Risk

Table 5

Results of publication bias test.

Polymorphism	Compared genotype	Begg’s test		Egger’s test
		-value	value	-value	value
DNMT1 rs16999593 T/C	CC versus TT	0.94	0.348	−2.00	0.085
	TC versus TT	0.10	0.917	0.03	0.976
	(TC + CC) versus TT	0.10	0.917	0.02	0.982
	CC versus (TC + TT)	1.98	0.048	−2.72	0.030
	C allele versus T allele	0.10	0.917	−0.45	0.669
DNMT1 rs2228611 G/A	AA versus GG	1.40	0.161	−0.99	0.348
	GA versus GG	0.78	0.436	−0.65	0.530
	(GA + AA) versus GG	0.78	0.436	−0.69	0.505
	AA versus (GA + GG)	0.47	0.640	−0.61	0.556
	A allele versus G allele	0.93	0.350	1.17	0.273
DNMT1 rs2228612 (A/G)	GG versus AA	1.71	0.086	−3.97	0.029
	AG versus AA	0.24	0.806	−2.86	0.065
	(GG + GA) versus AA	0.73	0.462	−3.81	0.032
	GG versus (AA + AG)	0.73	0.462	−1.37	0.263
	G allele versus A allele	2.20	0.027	−4.26	0.024