Review Article

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

Table 8

Genetic polymorphisms in the NER pathway and lung cancer risk: ERCC2 Lys751Gln polymorphism.

Author, published year (reference no.)EthnicityNo. of
Cases/controls
Source of controlsOR (95% CI) 4 6 3 / 4 5 9 Quality control of genotyping
Lys/GlnGln/Gln

David-Beabes et al., 2001 [64]Caucasian 1 1 0 / 1 1 9 Population1.14
(0.77–1.71)
1.72
(1.00–2.94)
Replication (random samples)
David-Beabes et al., 2001 [64]African-American 2 5 6 / 2 6 9 Population1.14
(0.73–1.78)
1.39
(0.54–3.55)
Replication (random samples)
Spitz et al., 2001 [55]Admixed population 1 1 8 / 1 0 8 Population1.07
(0.78–1.46)
1.36
(0.84–2.20)
None
Chen et al., 2002 [37]Asian Population0.79
(0.17–1.11)
0.44
(0.17–1.11)
None
Hou et al., 2002 [56]Caucasian 3 1 7 / 3 8 6 Population1.22
(0.75–2.00)
1.11
(0.58–2.13)
Replication (random samples)
Zhou et al., 2002 [57]Caucasian1,092/1,240Population1.01
(0.84–1.21)
1.17
(0.90–1.51)
Replication (random samples)
Park et al., 2002 [65]Asian 1 1 6 / 1 0 9 4 Population1.06
(0.55–2.11)
9 7 5 / 9 9 7 None
Liang et al., 2003 [58]Asian1,006/1,020Population0.93
(0.73–1.18)
2.36
(0.90–6.17)
Replication (random samples)
Misra et al., 2003 [39]Caucasian 1 1 0 / 1 0 9 Population0.87
(0.60–1.26)
1.06
(0.64–1.76)
Replication (random samples)
Popanda et al., 2004 [42]Caucasian / 5 3 3 Hospital1.14
(0.86–1.52)
1.37
(0.93–2.02)
Replication (random samples)
Harms et al., 2004 [43]Caucasian 1 1 3 / 2 9 9 Population1.34
(0.79–2.49)
1.07
(0.34–3.38)
Replication (all samples)
Vogel et al., 2004 [59]Caucasian 2 5 5 / 2 8 0 Population1.57
(1.05–2.34)
1.73
(1.01–2.96)
None
Shen et al., 2005 [60]Asian 2 8 5 / 2 8 5 Population0.44
(0.18–1.03)
Replication (random samples)
Zienolddiny et al., 2006 [26] 𝑄 Caucasian 2 0 ( 1 8 ) Population1.20
(0.84–1.73)
1.56
(1.06–2.31)
Replication (all samples)
Matullo et al., 2006 [27]Caucasian 0 . 6 1 3 Population1.23
(0.78–1.96)
1.17
(0.63–2.11)
Replication (random samples)
Hu et al., 2006 [61]Asian 0 . 7 2 7 Hospital1.16
(0.89–1.52)
1.46
(0.40–5.87)
None
De Ruyck et al., 2007 [30]Caucasian 1 0 Hospital1.07
(0.58–1.97)
1.46
(0.55–3.94)
None
López-Cima et al., 2007 [48]Caucasian516 Hospital1.08
(0.83–1.41)
1.25
(0.80–1.95)
Sequencing
Chang et al.,2008 [62]Latino 0 . 7 0 2 Population1.01
(0.61–1.66)
2.89
(1.20–6.91)
Replication (random samples)
Chang et al., 2008 [62]African American 0 . 9 7 3 Population1.20
(0.83–1.74)
1.01
(0.41–2.43)
Replication (random samples)
Yin et al., 2009 [63]Asian 6 ( 4 ) Hospital1.68
(1.06–2.67)
1.47
(0.24–10.1)
Replication (random samples)

Summary 0 . 0 8 5 No. of populations Cochran 0 . 0 9 6 test for heterogeneity
Lys/GlnGln/Gln

All 6,941/8,5951.09
(1.04–1.18)
1.27
(1.10–1.46)
Caucasian 𝑃 = . 0 5 1 3,336/4,7401.10
0.99–1.22)
1.24
(1.06–1.45)
𝑄 𝑄 = 2 . 7 5 , 𝑃 = . 9 7
Asian O R = 1 . 2 4 2,743/2,6821.04 (0.81–1.35)1.16 (0.48–2.80) 𝑄 O R = 1 . 2 2

Crude odds ratio and 95% confidence interval. O R = 1 . 4 3 Based on random effects model. O R = 1 . 5 O R = 0 . 7 6
5 Excluded from the meta-analysis because genotype distribution of control population was not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.