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Table 1 Main features of eligible studies for pooled analysis

From: Genetic impact of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphism on the susceptibility to colorectal polyps: a meta-analysis

First author

Year

NOS

Polymorphism

Case

Disease type

Control

Country

Ethnicity

Genotyping assay

P HWE

A/A

A/B

B/B

A/A

A/B

B/B

Al-Ghnaniem [14]

2007

7

rs1801133

22

12

1

adenomatous polyps

41

29

6

UK

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.784

  

rs1801133

11

3

3

hyperplastic polyps

41

29

6

UK

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.784

  

rs1801131

18

12

5

adenomatous polyps

47

26

3

UK

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.799

  

rs1801131

8

7

2

hyperplastic polyps

47

26

3

UK

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.799

Ashktorab [15]

2007

6

rs1801133

18

4

0

colorectal polyps

30

5

0

USA

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.649

Beckett [16]

2015

5

rs1801133

29

20

7

adenomatous polyps

88

91

18

Australia

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.421

  

rs1801131

28

22

6

adenomatous polyps

101

83

13

Australia

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.460

Chen [17]

1998

8

rs1801133

102

126

30

adenomatous polyps

323

324

66

USA

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.234

Chiang [18]

2015

7

rs1801133

44

26

0

adenomatous polyps

91

73

18

China

Asian

PCR-RFLP

0.553

de Vogel [19]

2011

6

rs1801133

947

714

135

adenomatous polyps

4463

3563

708

Norway

Caucasian

Real-time PCR

0.933

Delgado [20]

2001

8

rs1801133

6

19

7

adenomatous polyps

34

52

24

Mexico

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.625

Giovannucci [21]

2003

6

rs1801133

157

168

49

adenomatous polyps

299

325

101

USA

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.401

  

rs1801131

186

165

24

adenomatous polyps

369

299

57

USA

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.740

Goode [22]

2004

7

rs1801133

236

196

58

adenomatous polyps

259

238

67

USA

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.281

Hazra [23]

2007

7

rs1801133

217

245

63

adenomatous polyps

229

232

64

USA

Caucasian

NA

0.658

  

rs1801131

278

211

48

adenomatous polyps

264

219

46

USA

Caucasian

NA

0.951

Hirose [24]

2005

8

rs1801133

182

203

67

adenomatous polyps

399

496

155

Japan

Asian

PCR-RFLP

0.966

Yi [8]

2006

6

rs1801133

5

5

4

adenomatous polyps

2

4

0

Korea

Asian

PCR-RFLP

0.221

  

rs1801131

10

3

1

adenomatous polyps

3

3

0

Korea

Asian

PCR-RFLP

0.414

Levine [25]

2000

7

rs1801133

256

163

52

adenomatous polyps

263

198

49

USA

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.193

Lightfoot [26]

2008

8

rs1801133

135

132

41

adenomatous polyps

130

139

27

UK

Caucasian

Taqman drug metabolizing genotyping assays

0.238

  

rs1801131

155

124

29

adenomatous polyps

140

130

26

UK

Caucasian

Taqman drug metabolizing genotyping assays

0.590

Marugame [10]

2000

8

rs1801133

83

92

30

adenomatous polyps

89

105

26

Japan

Asian

PCR-RFLP

0.555

Mitrou [27]

2006

7

rs1801133

405

376

87

adenomatous polyps

402

407

89

UK

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.340

   

rs1801131

383

375

104

adenomatous polyps

415

380

88

UK

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.941

Pufulete [28]

2003

7

rs1801133

20

13

2

adenomatous polyps

41

29

6

UK

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.784

  

rs1801131

18

12

5

adenomatous polyps

47

26

3

UK

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.799

Ulrich [29]

1999

9

rs1801133

258

219

50

adenomatous polyps

303

269

73

USA

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.260

Ulrich [30]

2000

7

rs1801133

98

72

26

hyperplastic polyps

297

258

71

USA

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.192

van den [9]

2005

7

rs1801133

343

346

79

adenomatous polyps

325

305

79

Netherlands

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.560

Williams [31]

2013

7

rs1801133

34

48

8

adenomatous polyps

44

42

9

UK

Caucasian

PCR-RFLP

0.822

Yamaji [32]

2009

6

rs1801133

263

325

124

adenomatous polyps

219

324

120

Japan

Asian

TaqMan PCR

0.993

  

rs1801131

452

228

32

adenomatous polyps

441

197

25

Japan

Asian

TaqMan PCR

0.609

  1. A/A C/C genotype of rs1801133, or A/A genotype of rs1801131, A/B C/T genotype of rs1801133, or A/C genotype of rs1801131, B/B T/T genotype of rs1801133, or C/C genotype of rs1801131, NA not available, PCR-RFLP polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism, HWE Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, NOS Newcastle-Ottawa Scale