A microRNA binding site polymorphism in the 3′ UTR region of VEGF-A gene modifies colorectal cancer risk based on ethnicity: a meta-analysis

Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute

Table 3 Association between VEGF-A +936C/T polymorphism and the risk of developing CRC in all ethnicities

Model	Test of association			Test of heterogeneity		Publication bias
Number of studies	OR	95% CI	p-value	p-value	I²	Egger’s test p-value
C vs. T	0.9983	[0.91–1.09]	0.9716	0.0007	0.6458	0.6927
CC vs. CT + TT	1.0221	[0.92–1.13]	0.6837	0.0004	0.6591	0.6999
CC + CT vs. TT	0.8024	[0.58–1.10]	0.1792	0.6291	0	0.8515
CT vs. CC + TT	0.9525	[0.85–1.06]	0.3757	0.0019	0.6143	0.7475
CC vs. TT	0.8123	[0.58–1.12]	0.2073	0.4898	0	0.8176
CC vs. CT	1.0426	[0.93–1.16]	0.4500	0.001	0.634	0.7373
CT vs. TT	0.7838	[0.56–1.09]	0.1493	0.8074	0	0.9292