The associations between endothelial lipase 584C/T polymorphism and HDL-C level and coronary heart disease susceptibility: a meta-analysis

Table 2 Characteristics of individual studies included in the meta-analysis of EL 584C/T polymorphism and HDL-C level

Author	Year	Country	Ethnicity	Type of study	MAF (%)	CC			CT + TT
				Type of study	MAF (%)	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD
Cai[15]	2012	China	Asian	C-C	22.63	363	1.16	0.30	260	1.16	0.33
Zhu[17]	2007	China	Asian	C-C	11.64	336	1.15	0.35	102	1.28	0.36
Liu^a[20]	2010	China	Asian	Cohort	27.36	325	1.58	0.40	320	1.67	0.45
Liu^b[20]	2010	China	Asian	Cohort	32.05	264	1.85	0.48	374	1.89	0.50
Shimizu[13]	2007	Japan	Asian	C-C	21.96	124	1.22	0.04	90	1.23	0.04
Halverstadt[21]	2003	American	Caucasian	Cohort	25.90	44	1.17	0.05	39	1.22	0.05
Vergeer[16]	2010	European	Caucasian	nested C-C	35.58	1605	1.31	0.39	1573	1.36	0.39
Tang[12]	2008	China	Asian	C-C	45.19	299	1.01	0.04	231	1.12	0.06
Ma[33]	2003	American	Caucasian	Cohort	29.17	180	1.11	0.27	192	1.16	0.31
Hutter[19]	2006	Japan	Asian	Cohort	23.84	311	1.37	0.36	230	1.40	0.35
Yamakawa-Kobayashi[18]	2003	Japan	Asian	Cohort	24.12	198	1.40	0.27	142	1.40	0.28

MAF: minor allele frequency; HDL-C: HDL cholesterol; Liu ^aBai Ku Yao; Liu ^bChinese; C-C: case–control.

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