Table 1 Characteristics of literatures included in the meta-analysis
Author/ Year | Country | Ethnicity | Sample size Cases/controlsa | Source of controls | Cataract subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GSTM1 | |||||
Sekine 1995 [36] | Japan | Asian | 138/62 (101/30) | PB | Not classified |
Alberti 1996 [35] | United States | Caucasian | 202/98 (99/49) | HB | NC/CC/M |
Pi 1996 [34] | China | Asian | 59/112 (41/57) | HB | Not classified |
Hao 1999 [33] | China | Asian | 77/76 (41/35) | HB | Not classified |
Juronen 2000 [25] | Estonia | Caucasian | 503/202 (240/111) | HB | CC/NC/ PSC/M |
Saadat 2004 [24] | Iran | Caucasian | 150/150 (90/58) | HB | Not classified |
Saadat 2006 [23] | Iran | Caucasian | 95/95 (56/36) | HB | Not classified |
Guven 2007 [18] | Turkey | Caucasian | 195/136 (105/58) | HB | CC/NC/ PSC/MC |
Xu 2007 [32] | China | Asian | 120/118 (81/60) | HB | Not classified |
Azeem 2009 [22] | Egypt | Caucasian | 53/73 (23/46) | HB | Not classified |
Zhou 2010 [21] | China | Asian | 279/145 (171/95) | PB | Not classified |
Sireesha 2012 [16] | India | Caucasian | 455/205 (177/94) | PB | CC/NC/ PSC/MC |
Saadat 2012 [17] | Iran | Caucasian | 186/195 (104/89) | HB | Not classified |
Jiang 2012 [15] | China | Asian | 422/312 (176/173) | HB | CC |
Chandra 2014 [31] | India | Caucasian | 124/126 (43/68) | HB | Not classified |
GSTT1 | |||||
Juronen 2000 [ 25] | Estonia | Caucasian | 503/202 (73/36) | HB | CC/NC/PSC/MC |
Saadat 2004 [24] | Iran | Caucasian | 150/150 (49/46) | HB | Not classified |
Guven 2007 [18] | Turkey | Caucasian | 195/136 (29/22) | HB | CC/NC/PSC/MC |
Azeem 2009 [22] | Egypt | Caucasian | 53/73 (16/21) | HB | Not classified |
Zhou 2010 [21] | China | Asian | 279/145 (146/60) | PB | CC/NC/PSC |
Sireesha 2012 [16] | India | Caucasian | 455/205 (123/40) | PB | CC/NC/PSC/MC |
Saadat 2012 [17] | Iran | Caucasian | 186/195 (49/57) | HB | Not classified |
Jiang 2012 [15] | China | Asian | 422/312 (221/138) | HB | CC |
Chandra 2014 [ 31] | India | Caucasian | 131/126 (18/5) | HB | Not classified |