Genetic association meta-analysis: a new classification to assess ethnicity using the association of MCP-1 -2518 polymorphism and tuberculosis susceptibility as a model

Table 2 MCP-1 allele and genotype distribution in different ethnic groups

Author	Country	Continent	Ethnic group	Cases/Controls	G allele (%) cases/controls	Cases GG	Cases AG	Cases AA	Controls GG	Controls AG	Controls AA	P HWE
Ben-Selma et al., [23]	Tunisia	Africa	Saharian	168/150	33.6/21.7	25	63	80	8	49	93	0.6
Arji et al., [24]	Morocco	Africa	Saharian	337/204	21.7/27.0	9	128	200	15	80	109	0.8
Möller et al., [22]	South Africa	Africa	South Africa	431/482	22.5/26.0	26	142	263	39	173	270	0.2
Thye et al., [20]	Ghana	Africa	West Africa	1964/2312	17.1/20.2	63	546	1355	92	748	1472	0.8
Velez et al., [21]	Guinea- Bissau	Africa	West Africa	314/341	25.0/21.3	17	123	174	21	103	217	0.07
Velez et al., [21]	Gambia	Africa	West Africa	236/252	24.6/24.4	18	80	138	15	93	144	0.9
Flores-Villanueva et al., [10]	Korea	Asia	East Asia	129/162	60.1/36.4	46	63	20	22	74	66	0.5
Chu et al., [27]	China	Asia	East Asia	403/461	52.1/49.8	110	200	93	113	233	115	0.8
Xu et al., [29]	China	Asia	East Asia	100/100	55.5/36.0	29	53	18	13	46	41	0.7
Yang et al., [28]	China	Asia	East Asia	167/167	68.9/50.0	84	62	21	42	83	42	0.9
Naderi et al., [30]	Persia	Asia	Middle East	142/166	29.6/29.5	17	50	75	15	68	83	0.8
Mishra et al., [26]	India	Asia	South Asia	215/294	25.1/25.9	18	72	125	20	112	162	0.9
Alagarasu et al., [25]	India	Asia	South Asia	153/203	31.4/34.2	21	54	78	29	81	93	0.1
Flores-Villanueva et al., [10]	Mexico	South America	Latin America	435/334	72.0/51.3	229	168	38	91	161	82	0.8
Ganachari et al., [3]	Mexico	South America	Latin America	193/243	68.1/54.9	93	77	23	70	127	46	0.4
Ganachari et al., [3]	Peru	South America	Latin America	701/796	70.0/64.4	354	273	74	327	371	98	0.6

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