Review Article

Effects of IL-4-590C/T (rs2243250) Polymorphism on the Susceptibility of Smoking-Related Cancer: A Meta-Analysis Involving 11,407 Subjects

Table 2

Meta-analysis results.

Contrast modelOR (95% CI)Test for heterogeneityPublication bias (Egger’s test)Publication bias (Begg’s test)Analysis model
I2 (%)tZ

C vs. T0.981 (0.887, 1.084)0.70044.600.0250.450.6560.540.592R
CC vs. TT1.065 (0.783, 1.448)0.68955.300.0040.350.7330.680.499R
CT vs. TT0.900 (0.820, 0.987)0.0260.000.6030.020.9840.050.964F
CC + CT vs. TT0.928 (0.849, 1.014)0.0980.000.5440.370.7200.770.444F
CC vs. TT + CT1.104 (0.860, 1.416)0.43859.200.0010.970.3480.700.484R

R: random effect model; F: fixed-effect model; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.