Table 1.
Description of current and published meta-analyses for selectglutathione S-transferase (GST) polymorphisms and lung cancer.
Heterogeneity | |||||||||
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Number of Studies | Cases | Controls | n(minor) | f(minor) | OR (95% CI) | Q-Statistic P-Value | I2 (95% CI) | Publication Bias Test P-Value | |
Overall | |||||||||
GSTM1 (deletion) | |||||||||
McWilliams, 1995 [125] | 8 | 1254 | 1780 | 1496c | n/a | 1.34 (1.16–1.55) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Houlston, 1999 [124] | 19 | 3305 | 5740 | 4459c | n/a | 1.14 (1.03–1.25) | 0.275 | 15% (0%–46%) | n/a |
d'Errico, 1999 [123] | 21 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.34 (1.21–1.48) | Presentg | n/a | n/a |
Benhamou, 2002 [121] | 43 | 7463 | 10789 | 8998c | n/a | 1.17 (1.07–1.27) | 0.007 | n/a | 0.4d |
Ye, 2006 [126] | 119 | 19729 | 25931 | 22510c | n/a | 1.18 (1.14–1.23) | < 0.001 | 44% (30%–55%) | < 0.0001e |
Carlsten, 2008 [122] | 98 | 19638 | 25266 | 22138c | n/a | 1.22 (1.14–1.30) | < 0.001 | 58% (46%–66%) | 0.003e |
Present meta-analysis | 85 | 18777 | 24050 | 21042 | 0.493 | 1.17 (1.10–1.25) | < 0.001 | 55% (44%–63%) | 0.011f |
Present pooled analysish | 56 | 11392 | 16165 | 13555 | 0.492 | 1.10 (1.04–1.16) | < 0.001 | 48% (31%–60%) | 0.003f |
GSTT1 (deletion) | |||||||||
Raimondi, 2006 [129] | 34 | 7629 | 10087 | 4240 | 0.239 | 1.07 (0.96–1.19) | < 0.001 | n/a | 0.02e |
Ye, 2006 [126] | 44 | 9636 | 12322 | 5094c | n/a | 1.09 (1.02–1.16) | < 0.001 | 57% (40%–70%) | 0.14d |
Present meta-analysis | 45 | 12569 | 15545 | 6585 | 0.232 | 1.07 (0.97–1.17) | < 0.001 | 51% (34%–63%) | 0.200f |
Present pooled analysish | 38 | 8556 | 12287 | 4960 | 0.238 | 1.05 (0.97–1.14) | 0.004 | 42% (19%–58%) | 0.463f |
GSTP1 (Ile105Val) | |||||||||
Ye, 2006 [126] (per G allele) | 25 | 6221 | 7602 | 6870c | n/a | 1.04 (0.99–1.09) | 0.66 | 0% (0%–44%) | n/a |
Cote, 2009 [130] (*G) | 27 | 8322 | 5870 | 7053c | n/a | 1.04 (0.97–1.10) | 0.27 | 14% (0%–42%) | 0.02e |
Present meta-analysis (*G) | 35 | 10125 | 10867 | 10458 | 0.497 | 1.03 (0.97–1.09) | 0.376 | 5.5% (0%–31%) | 0.014f |
Present meta-analysis (GG) | 31 | 9427 | 9887 | 1870 | 0.161 | 1.05 (0.95–1.16) | 0.506 | 0% (0%–34%) | 0.400f |
Present Pooled analysis (AG)h | 20 | 4948 | 5561 | 5029 | 0.479 | 1.06 (0.97–1.15) | 0.629 | 0% (0%–33%) | 0.388f |
Present Pooled analysis (GG)h | 20 | 3096 | 3587 | 1203 | 0.180 | 0.98 (0.86–1.13) | 0.372 | 7% (0%–37%) | 0.404f |
African Descent | |||||||||
GSTM1 (deletion) | |||||||||
Benhamou, 2002 [121] | 3 | 383 | 503 | 231c | n/a | 1.19 (0.88–1.62) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Present meta-analysis | 4 | 494 | 615 | 289 | 0.242 | 1.25 (0.95–1.64) | 0.292 | 20% (0%–61%) | 0.509f |
Present pooled analysisi | 6 | 487 | 694 | 362 | 0.307 | 1.32 (1.00–1.74) | 0.376 | 7% (0%–40%) | 0.421f |
East Asian | |||||||||
GSTM1 (deletion) | |||||||||
McWilliams, 1995 [125] | 3 | 475 | 729 | 565c | n/a | 1.60 (1.25–2.13) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
d'Errico, 1996 [127] | 3 | 475 | 729 | 565c | n/a | 1.60 (1.26–2.04) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Houlston, 1999 [124] | 2 | 659 | 827 | 697c | n/a | 1.38 (1.12–1.69) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
d'Errico, 1999 [123] | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.45 (1.23–1.70) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Benhamou, 2002 [121] | 12 | 1841 | 2787 | 2171c | n/a | 1.33 (1.06–1.67) | 0.001 | n/a | 0.7e |
Shi, 2008 [128] (Chinese) | 20 | 2235 | 2315 | 2104 | 0.462 | 1.49 (1.32–1.68) | 0.030 | 40% (6%–62%) | 0.058e |
Carlsten, 2008 [122] | 42 | 6088 | 7222 | 6242c | n/a | 1.38 (1.24–1.55) | < 0.001 | 56% (34%–68%) | n/a |
Present meta-analysis | 25 | 4301 | 5278 | 4333 | 0.452 | 1.21 (1.05–1.39) | < 0.001 | 60% (42%–72%) | 0.568f |
Present pooled analysisi | 11 | 1536 | 1816 | 1434 | 0.428 | 1.25 (1.07–1.45) | 0.222 | 22%(0%–55%) | 0.661f |
GSTT1 (deletion) | |||||||||
Raimondi, 2006 [129] | 8 | 1364 | 1727 | 1575 | 0.510 | 1.28 (1.10–1.49) | 0.09 | n/a | 0.16e |
Present meta-analysis | 9 | 1596 | 2161 | 1723 | 0.470 | 1.19 (0.99–1.45) | 0.052 | 48% (1%–73%) | 0.279f |
Present pooled analysisi | 8 | 1366 | 1749 | 1507 | 0.484 | 1.06 (0.88–1.27) | 0.308 | 15% (0%–52%) | 0.359f |
GSTP1 (Ile105Val) | |||||||||
Cote, 2009 [130] (*G) | 8 | 1332 | 1504 | 944c | n/a | 1.09 (0.93–1.28) | 0.51 | 0% (0%–61%) | n/a |
Present meta-analysis (*G) | 11 | 1959 | 2267 | 1472 | 0.333 | 1.16 (1.01–1.32) | 0.641 | 0% (0%–42%) | 0.434f |
Present meta-analysis (GG) | 8 | 1459 | 1541 | 105 | 0.043 | 1.39 (0.92–2.10) | 0.635 | 0% (0%–9%) | 0.809f |
Present Pooled analyis (AG)i | 4 | 604 | 744 | 457 | 0.339 | 1.31 (1.03–1.67) | 0.697 | 0% (0%–52%) | 0.620f |
Present Pooled analysis (GG)i | 4 | 399 | 533 | 41 | 0.044 | 1.36 (0.69–2.65) | 0.77 | 0% (0%–42%) | 0.771f |
White | |||||||||
GSTM1 (deletion) | |||||||||
McWilliams, 1995a [125] | 6 | 958 | 1249 | 1077c | n/a | 1.17 (0.98–1.40) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
d'Errico, 1996b [127] | 8 | 1032 | 1139 | 1059c | n/a | 1.32 (1.12–1.57) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Houlston, 1999 [124] | 12 | 1850 | 3924 | 2818c | n/a | 1.08 (0.97–1.22) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
d'Errico, 1999 [123] | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.21 (1.06–1.39) | Presentg | n/a | n/a |
Benhamou, 2002 [121] | 20 | 4039 | 6000 | 4899c | n/a | 1.10 (1.01–1.19) | 0.5 | n/a | 0.8e |
Carlsten, 2008 [122] | 36 | 9071 | 12237 | 10398c | n/a | 1.04 (0.97–1.11) | 0.117 | 22% (0%–48%) | n/a |
Present meta-analysis | 42 | 11793 | 14868 | 13229 | 0.488 | 1.15 (1.06–1.26) | < 0.001 | 61% (48%–70%) | 0.116f |
Present pooled analysisi | 40 | 9006 | 13080 | 10760 | 0.487 | 1.05 (0.98–1.12) | 0.001 | 46% (26%–61%) | 0.133f |
GSTT1 (deletion) | |||||||||
Raimondi, 2006 [129] | 23 | 5585 | 7300 | 2380 | 0.185 | 0.99 (0.87–1.12) | 0.02 | n/a | 0.42e |
Present meta-analysis | 26 | 9454 | 11176 | 3837 | 0.184 | 1.01 (0.91–1.14) | 0.003 | 49% (25%–65%) | 0.965f |
Present pooled analysisi | 28 | 6747 | 9809 | 3135 | 0.189 | 1.04 (0.94–1.14) | 0.034 | 36% (5%–56%) | 0.516f |
GSTP1 (Ile105Val) | |||||||||
Cote, 2009 [130] (*G) | 14 | 5959 | 5870 | 5560c | n/a | 1.00 (0.93–1.07) | 0.23 | 21% (0%–53%) | n/a |
Present meta-analysis (*G) | 19 | 7186 | 7297 | 6795 | 0.470 | 1.00 (0.94–1.07) | 0.221 | 19% (0%–49%) | 0.120f |
Present meta-analysis (GG) | 18 | 6988 | 7043 | 1460 | 0.178 | 1.02 (0.91–1.15) | 0.151 | 26% (0%–54%) | 0.799f |
Present Pooled analyis (AG)i | 16 | 4180 | 4622 | 4336 | 0.493 | 1.02 (0.93–1.11) | 0.758 | 0% (0%–26%) | 0.722f |
Present Pooled analysis (GG)i | 16 | 2627 | 2946 | 1107 | 0.199 | 0.96 (0.83–1.11) | 0.322 | 12% (0%–53%) | 0.430f |
Notes: n/a = information not available
includes 1 phenotype-based study
includes 3 phenotype-based studies
estimated using thefminor from the corresponding present meta-analysis
Begg's test
Egger's test
Harbord test
Authors state that heterogeneity was present but do not report test results
Adjusted for age, gender, ancestry, smoking status and study
Adjusted for age, gender, smoking status and study