Review Article

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

Table 7

Genetic polymorphisms in the NER pathway and lung cancer risk: ERCC2 Asp312Asn polymorphism.

Author, published year (reference no.)EthnicityNo. of Cases/controlsSource of controlsOR (95% CI) 2 5 2 / 2 6 3 Quality control of genotyping
Asp/AsnAsn/Asn

Butkiewicz et al., 2001 [54]Caucasian 1 1 8 / 1 1 3 Population0.49
(0.24–0.98)
0.71
(0.29–1.74)
Sequencing
Spitz et al., 2001 [55]Admixed population 2 7 5 / 2 9 0 Population0.92
(0.62–1.36)
1.54
(0.78–3.05)
None
Hou et al., 2002 [56]Caucasian 1 1 6 / 1 0 9 4 Population1.27
(0.78–2.05)
0.88
(0.43–1.84)
Replication (random samples)
Zhou et al., 2002 [57]Caucasian1,092/1,240Population0.98
(0.82–1.17)
1.41
(1.06–1.86)
Replication (random samples)
Liang et al., 2003 [58]Asian1,006/1,020Population0.98
(0.76–1.28)
11.2
(1.45–87.2)
Replication (random samples)
Misra et al., 2003 [39]Caucasian 9 7 0 / 9 8 6 Population0.76
(0.53–1.07)
0.94
(0.56–1.59)
Replication (random samples)
Popanda et al., 2004 [42]Caucasian 5 1 6 / 5 3 3 Hospital1.14
(0.77–1.68)
1.03
(0.70–1.51)
Replication (random samples)
Vogel et al., 2004 [59]Caucasian 1 1 0 / 1 0 9 Population1.27
(0.86–1.89)
1.09
(0.63–1.86)
None
Shen et al., 2005 [60]Asian 1 0 8 / 2 9 7 Population0.58
(0.21–1.52)
2 4 7 / 2 7 7 Replication (random samples)
Zienolddiny et al., 2006 [26]Caucasian 2 8 5 / 2 8 5 Population0.85
(0.58–1.25)
1.11
(0.68–1.81)
Replication (all samples)
Matullo et al., 2006 [27]Caucasian Population0.81
(0.52– 1.26)
0.95
(0.51–1.71)
Replication (random samples)
Hu et al., 2006 [61]Asian 𝑄 Hospital1.07
(0.81–1.43)
4.11
(0.41–202.7)
None
López-Cima et al., 2007 [48]Caucasian Hospital1.04
(0.80–1.35)
1.39
(0.88–2.20)
Sequencing
De Ruyck et al., 2007 [30]Caucasian Hospital1.28
(0.70–2.35)
1.03
(0.40–2.66)
None
Chang et al.,2008 [62]Latino O R = 1 . 2 4 Population1.37
(0.83–2.26)
2.13
(0.72–5.96)
Replication (random samples)
Chang et al.,2008 [62]African-American O R = 1 . 1 6 Population1.10
(0.71–1.70)
0.68
(0.10–3.57)
Replication (random samples)
Yin et al., 2009 [63]Asian 𝑄 Hospital1.31
(0.77–2.77)
Replication (random samples)

Summary 1 7 8 / 4 5 3 No. of populations Cochran 1 5 3 / 2 3 4 test for heterogeneity
Asp/AsnAsn/Asn

All17 (15)6,346/7,7921.00
(0.92–1.10)
1.19
(1.03–1.38)
0.5100.510
Caucasian103,417/4,5570.98
(0.86–1.11)
1.15
(0.98–1.34)
0.2570.770
Asian4 (2)2,379/2,4041.02
(0.85–1.22)
8.26
(1.50–45.6)
0.5650.597

3 4 1 / 3 6 0 Crude odds ratio and 95% confidence interval.
1 0 9 / 1 0 9 Based on random effects model.