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 3

Subgroup meta-analysis by ethnicity of IL-4 rs2243250.

SubgroupContrast modelOR (95% CI)Test for heterogeneityAnalysis model
I2 (%)

AsianC vs. T0.947 (0.877, 1.023)0.16828.400.175F
CC vs. TT1.047 (0.698, 1.571)0.82564.900.001R
CT vs. TT0.878 (0.798, 0.967)0.0080.000.806F
CC + CT vs. TT0.903 (0.824, 0.990)0.0300.000.909F
CC vs. TT + CT1.097 (0.726, 1.658)0.65967.100.001R

CaucasianC vs. T1.124 (0.858, 1.471)0.39759.900.029R
CC vs. TT1.113 (0.763, 1.624)0.58019.700.289F
CT vs. TT1.259 (0.875, 1.813)0.2150.000.487F
CC + CT vs. TT1.341 (0.948, 1.897)0.09711.400.341F
CC vs. TT + CT1.046 (0.882, 1.241)0.60542.700.121F

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