Table 3 Sensitivity analysis of the association between D-repeat polymorphism and KOA susceptibility
Polymorphism | Population | Participants(number) | No. of studies | Test of association | Test of heterogeneity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Case | Control | Â | OR | 95% CI | P value | Model | P value | I 2 (%) |
D17 versus others | Overall | 3237 | 5398 | 9 | 1.43 | 1.09–1.89 | 0.01 | Fixed | 0.26 | 21 |
D17 versus others | Asian | 1090 | 2128 | 3 | 1.78 | 1.02–3.11 | 0.04 | Fixed | 0.59 | 0 |
D16 versus others | Asian | 1090 | 2128 | 3 | 0.70 | 0.50–1.00 | 0.05 | Fixed | 0.64 | 0 |