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Table 3 Results for different comparison models

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Meta-analysis of the associations between TNF-α or IL-6 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to lung cancer

Locus

Comparison

OR (95% CI)

Z

P A

I 2

P Q

Model

Egger’s test

t value

P value

TNF-α 308G/A

GG + GA vs. AA

0.95 (0.30 to 2.99)

0.08

0.935

55.6

0.046

R

1.38

0.240

GG vs. GA + AA

1.07 (0.55 to 2.10)

0.21

0.834

88.0

0.000

R

1.39

0.238

GA vs. AA

0.81 (0.43 to 1.54)

0.64

0.524

0.0

0.503

F

1.85

0.138

GG vs. AA

1.00 (0.27 to 3.62)

0.01

0.994

65.0

0.014

R

1.28

0.2708

G vs. A

1.12 (0.58 to 2.14)

0.34

0.734

89.6

0.000

R

1.58

0.190

IL-6 174G/C

GG + GC vs. CC

1.10 (0.73 to 1.64)

0.44

0.658

61.4

0.051

R

0.36

0.752

GG vs. GC + CC

1.02 (0.81 to 1.27)

0.15

0.879

17.4

0.304

F

−0.98

0.432

GC vs. CC

1.13 (0.73 to 1.77)

0.55

0.581

64.4

0.038

R

0.53

0.647

GG vs. CC

1.04 (0.80 to 1.36)

0.29

0.771

9.4

0.346

F

−0.46

0.693

G vs. C

1.03 (0.90 to 1.18)

0.49

0.623

44.3

0.145

F

−0.08

0.943

  1. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; P A: P value for test of the association; P Q: P value for between-study heterogeneity; F: a fixed-effects model; R: a random-effects model.