Association between ZFHX3 and PRRX1 Polymorphisms and Atrial Fibrillation Susceptibility from Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Publication bias tests (Begg’s funnel plot and Egger’s test for the publication bias test) for ZFHX3 and PRRX1 genes’ two common polymorphisms (rs2106261 and rs3903239).

Egger’s test						Begg’s test
Genetic type	Coefficient	Standard error	t	value	95%CI of intercept	z	value
ZFHX3 rs2106261
A-allele vs. G-allele	3.372	2.313	1.46	0.205	(−2.573−9.317)	1.2	0.23
AG vs. GG	2.523	1.507	1.67	0.155	(−1.351−6.398)	1.2	0.23
AA + AG vs. GG	2.744	1.543	1.78	0.133	(−1.223−6.712)	1.2	0.23
AA vs. GG	1.671	0.977	1.71	0.148	(−0.840−4.182)	1.2	0.23
AA vs. AG + GG	1.690	1.083	1.56	0.179	(−1.094−4.475)	1.2	0.23
PRRX1 rs3903239
C-allele vs. T-allele	1.034	9.771	0.11	0.933	(−123.117−125.186)	0.0	1.00
CT vs. TT	0.496	7.243	0.07	0.956	(−91.538−92.531)	0.0	1.00
CC + CT vs. TT	0.471	7.530	0.06	0.960	(−95.213−96.154)	0.0	1.00
CC vs. TT	0.251	3.834	0.07	0.958	(−48.468−48.971)	0.0	1.00
CC vs. CT + TT	0.290	4.031	0.07	0.954	(−50.938−51.519)	0.0	1.00