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Table 4 Genotype frequencies of VEGFA rs1570360 polymorphism in studies included in this meta-analysis

From: Correlation between vascular endothelial growth factor A gene polymorphisms and tendon and ligament injury risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis

References

Country

Ethnicity

HWE

Number of samples

Genotypes of cases

Alleles of cases

Minor allele frequency

Genotypes of controls

Controls’ alleles

Minor allele frequency

χ2

P

Cases

Controls

Total

A/A

A/G

G/G

A

G

A/A

A/G

G/G

A

G

Rahim et al.[29]

South Africa

Caucasian

2.3295

0.1269

160

216

376

20

63

77

103

217

0.3218

32

94

90

158

274

0.3657

Rahim et al.[30]

South Africa

Colored

43.5068

0.0001

95

97

192

19

19

57

57

133

0.3000

17

23

57

57

137

0.2938

Rahim et al.[31]

South Africa

Caucasian

0.6668

0.4141

224

212

436

21

108

95

150

298

0.3348

28

75

109

131

293

0.3089

Lulińska-Kuklik et al. [19]

Poland

Caucasian

1.6655

0.1968

312

190

502

19

95

198

133

491

0.2131

11

69

110

91

289

0.2394

  1. HWE Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, χ2 Chi-square, NA not available