Review Article

Genetic Polymorphism of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Risk: An Updated Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Information of eligible studies included in the meta-analysis.

AuthorYearCountryCOPD/controlCOPDControlCOPDControlHWE in control
I/II/DD/DI/II/DD/DIDID

Simsek2013Turkey66/4015203181913508235450.823
Ulasli2013Turkey80/49161749610334911122760.004
Ayada2014Turkey47/648261382828425244840.808
Ahsan2004India27/6610125233310322279530.743
Gu2003China122/159283757498525931511831350.235
Hopkinson2008UK103/10129492528492410799105970.777
Jiang 2004China30/307121115105263440200.171
Pabst2009German152/1584376333969501621421471690.124
Tkáčová2005Slovakia66/11815312019683161711061300.074
van Suylen1999Netherlands87/951743271750287797841060.514
Wang2000China20/3857813187172344320.861
Yildiz2003Turkey42/4072114101812354938420.536
Zhang2008China61/5721271320289695368460.877
Busquets2007Spain74/777402711531354947579<0.001

COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; I/I: insertion/insertion genotype; I/D: insertion/deletion genotype; D/D: deletion/deletion genotype; HWE: Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.