Review Article

Lung Cancer Risk and Genetic Polymorphisms in DNA Repair Pathways: A Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Genetic polymorphisms in the BER pathway and lung cancer risk: XRCC1 Arg399Gln polymorphism.

Author, published year (reference no.)EthnicityNo. of Cases/ControlsSource of controlsOR (95% CI) Quality control of genotyping
Arg/GlnGln/Gln

Ratnasinghe et al., 2001 [34]Asian 1 0 7 / 2 0 8 Population1.00
(0.60–1.60)
1.40
(0.50–1.70 )
Replication (random sample)
David-Beabes and London, 2001 [35]African-American 1 5 4 / 2 4 3 Population1.03
(0.66–1.60)
0.52
(0.14–1.97)
Replication (random sample)
David-Beabes and London , 2001 [35]Caucasian 1 8 0 / 4 6 1 Population0.75
(0.52–1.08)
0.63
(0.34–1.14)
Replication (random sample)
Divine et al., 2001 [36]Caucasian 1 7 2 / 1 4 3 Hospital0.76
(0.47–1.22)
1.64
(0.80–3.36)
None
Chen et al., 2002 [37]Asian 1 0 9 / 1 0 9 Population1.02
(0.57–1.80 )
0.67
(0.20–2.26)
None
Park et al., 2002 [38]Asian 1 9 2 / 1 3 5 Hospital visitors1.27
(0.81–2.04)
2.30
(0.87–6.09)
Sequencing
Misra et al., 2003 [39]Caucasian 3 1 5 / 3 1 3 Population1.10
(0.78–1.54)
0.84
(0.45–1.58)
Replication (random sample)
Zhou et al., 2003 [40]Caucasian1,091/1,240Hospital visitors1.00
(0.80–1.20)
1.30
(1.00–1.70)
Replication (random sample)
Ito et al., 2004 [41]Asian 1 7 8 / 4 4 9 Hospital1.01
(0.70–1.45)
1.39
(0.70–2.76)
None
Popanda et al., 2004 [42]Caucasian 4 6 3 / 4 6 0 Hospital0.89
(0.67–1.17)
0.87
(0.58–1.29)
Replication (random sample)
Harms et al., 2004 [43]Caucasian 1 1 0 / 1 1 9 Hospital0.73
(0.44–1.25)
1.07
(0.39–2.96)
Replication (all samples)
Zhang et al., 2005 [44]Asian1,000/1,000Hospital0.95
(0.79–1.14)
1.14
(0.84–1.55)
Replication (all samples)
Hung et al., 2005 [25]Mostly composed of Caucasians2,049/2,015Hospital1.12
(0.98–1.28)
1.01
(0.83–1.23)
Replication (random sample)
Vogel et al., 2004 [23]Caucasian 2 5 6 / 2 6 9 Population0.79
(0.54–1.17)
0.81
(0.46–1.41)
Replication (random sample)
Schneider et al., 2005 [45]Caucasian 4 4 6 / 6 2 2 Hospital0.94
(0.72–1.23)
0.83
(0.54–1.26)
None
Shen et al., 2005 [46]Asian 1 1 6 / 1 0 9 Population0.59
(0.33– 1 . 0 5 )
0 .75
(0.13–4.23 )
None
Zienolddiny et al., 2006 [26]Caucasian 3 3 1 / 3 9 1 Population1.08
(0.78–1.49 )
0.67
(0.39–1.14 )
Replication (all samples)
Matullo et al., 2006 [27]Caucasian116/1,094Population1.14
(0.75–1.73 )
0.52
(0.19-1.19 )
Replication (random sample)
Yin et al., 2007 [47]Asian 2 0 5 / 1 9 3 Hospital1.20
(0.77– 1 . 8 5 )
0.21
(0.05– 1 . 0 0 )
None
López-Cima et al., 2007 [48]Caucasian 5 1 6 / 5 3 3 Hospital0.91
(0.70–1.20)
0.89
(0.61–1.31)
Sequencing
Pachouri et al., 2007 [49]Asian 1 0 3 / 1 2 2 Population0.36
(0.20–0.64)
0.47
(0.20–1.09)
None
De Ruyck et al., 2007 [30]Caucasian 1 0 9 / 1 0 9 Hospital1.28
(0.69–2.28)
1.68
(0.67–4.23)
None
Chang et al., 2009 [33]Latino 1 1 2 / 2 9 6 Population1.30
(0.73–2.30)
3.03
(1.11–7.83)
Replication (random sample)
Chang et al., 2009 [33]African-American 2 5 4 / 2 8 0 Population1.02
(0.62–1.65)
1.19 (0.24–5.13) Replication (random sample)

Summary No. of populations Cochran 𝑄 test for heterogeneity
Arg/GlnGln/Gln

All248,684/10,9130.97
(0.89–1.05)
1.00
(0.86–1.17)
0.1530.004
Caucasian (mostly composed of Caucasians)136,154/7,7691.00
(0.92–1.08)
0.95
(0.83–1.10)
0.4330.218
Asian82,010/2,3250.90
(0.72–1.13)
1.08
(0.78–1.49)
0.0240.030

Crude odds ratio and 95% confidence interval..
Based on random effects model.