Review Article

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

Table 4

Genetic polymorphisms in the BER pathway and lung cancer risk: XRCC1 Arg194Trp polymorphism.

Author, published year (reference no.)EthnicityNo. of
Cases/control
Source of controlsOR (95% CI) Quality control of genotyping
Arg/TrpTrp/Trp

Ratnasinghe et al., 2001 [34]Asian 1 0 8 / 2 1 6 Population0.70
(0.40–1.20)
0.70
(0.30–1.60)
Replication (random sample)
David-Beabes and London, 2001 [35]African-American 1 5 4 / 2 3 4 Population 0 .40
(0.19–0.83)
1.44
(0.20–10.37)
Replication (random sample)
David-Beabes and London, 2001 [35]Caucasian 1 8 0 / 4 6 1 Population1.05
(0.62–1.78)
1 0 9 / 1 0 9 Replication (random sample)
Chen et al., 2002 [37]Asian ) Population1.31
(0.73–2.32)
2.61
(0.85– 8.04)
None
Hung et al., 2005 [25]Mostly composed of Caucasians2,147/2,132Hospital0.86
(0.72–1.03 4 4 6 / 6 2 2
0.81
(0.35–1.88)
Replication (random sample)
Schneider et al., 2005 [45]Caucasian ) Hospital0.99
(0.67–1.46 )
1.86
(0.31–12.8 1 1 8 / 1 1 2
None
Shen et al., 2005 [46]Asian 3 3 6 / 4 0 5 Population1.01
(0.56–1.83)
1.48
(0.51–4.45)
None
Zienolddiny et al., 2006 [26]Caucasian 0 Population0.88
(0.50–1.55)
1 1 6 / 1 0 9 4 .60
(0.01–11.5)
Replication (all samples)
Matullo et al., 2006 [27]Caucasian ) Population1.10
(0.59–1.94)
9.70
(0.69–134.6 2 4 1 / 2 4 9
Replication (random samples)
Yin et al., 2007 [47]Asian ) Hospital0.89
(0.60–1.32 1
) .09
(0.54–2.18
None
Pachouri et al., 2007 [49] 1 0 3 / 1 2 2 Asian 1 . Population0.97
(0.54–1.76)
) 36
(0.67–2.75 1 1 0 / 1 1 0
None
De Ruyck et al., 2007 [30]Caucasian 1 1 2 / 2 9 6 Hospital0.43
(0.15–1.12)
2 5 4 / 2 8 0 None
Chang et al., 2009 [33]Latino Population0.73
(0.37–1.49)
𝑄 Replication (random samples)
Chang et al., 2009 [33]African-American Population1.23
(0.64–2.30)
5 7 6 / 6 8 6 Replication (random samples)

Summary No. of populations Cochran test for heterogeneity
Arg/TrpTrp/Trp

All134,431/6,3200.89
(0.79–1.00) 𝑃 = . 0 4 7 .
1.15
(0.80–1.67)
0.4670.510
Caucasian (mostly composed of Caucasians)63,335/4,8240.89
(0.77–1.03)
1.24
(0.50–3.11)
0.6530.315
Asian4 0.93
(0.72–1.20)
1.18
(0.72–1.93)
0.4760.305

9 5 % Crude odds ratio and 95% confidence interval.
Based on random effects model.
1 0 6 / 2 0 9
3 0 9 / 3 0 2 Excluded from the meta-analysis because genotype distribution of control population was not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.