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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the included studies

From: Association of angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion (ACE I/D) gene polymorphism with susceptibility to prostate cancer: an updated meta-analysis

Study

Year

Region

Con source

Number

Ages (cases/con)

Genotyping method

Cases

Con

HWE

NOS score

Cases/con

II

DI

DD

II

DI

DD

Sierra [18]

2009

Mexico

PB

19/28

NR

PCR-RFLP

0

7

12

9

12

7

0.464

8

van der Knaap [17]

2008

Netherlands

PB

209/6015

70.4±9.7/70.4±9.7

PCR

44

109

56

1332

3006

1677

0.828

8

Wang [19]

2012

China

HB

189/290

71.58±7.69/72.51±8.10

PCR

49

84

56

115

135

40

0.970

7

Yigit [16]

2007

Turkey

PB

48/51

70.55±9.68/69.02±7.89

PCR-RFLP

4

19

25

12

24

15

0.692

8

Hasanzad [20]

2013

Iran

HB

84/96

67±8.7/67±8.7

PCR-RFLP

18

27

39

16

32

48

0.014

8

Said [12]

2021

Tunisia

PB and HB

124/143

70.78 ± 9.258 /69.67 ± 9.03

PCR

10

50

64

27

58

58

0.075

8

Shubbar a [10]

2018

Iraq

PB

75/81

68.03±5.73/56.42±3.95

PCR

10

20

45

36

18

27

0.000

8

Shubbar b [10]

2018

Iraq

HB

75/75

68.03±5.73/49.28±6.10

PCR

10

20

45

20

35

20

0.564

8

Asmahan a [11]

2020

Lebanon

PB

69/69

66.4±8.5/55.8±11.0

PCR

7

43

19

8

34

27

0.582

8

Asmahan b [11]

2020

Lebanon

HB

69/69

66.4±8.5/69.1±8.4

PCR

7

43

19

1

48

20

0.000

8

  1. RFLP restriction fragment length polymorphism, PCR polymerase chain reaction, PB population based, HB hospital based, Con control, HWE Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, NOS Newcastle-Ottawa Scale