“…Further application of our inclusion/exclusion criteria left 9 articles (Zhang et al, 2003;Casson et al, 2003Casson et al, , 2006Lin et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2003Wang et al, , 2006Jain et al, 2008;Ihsan et al, 2010;Dura et al, 2012), including 8 studies for the Tyr113His polymorphism with 1158 EC cases and 1868 controls Zhang et al, 2003;Casson et al, 2003Casson et al, , 2006Lin et al, 2006;Jain et al, 2008;Ihsan et al, 2010;Dura et al, 2012), and 7 studies for His139Arg with 901 EC and 1615 controls Casson et al, 2003Casson et al, , 2006Lin et al, 2006;Jain et al, 2008;Ihsan et al, 2010;Dura et al, 2012). The detailed selection process and the baseline characteristics of the qualified studies are presented in Figure 1 and Table 1, respectively.…”