Introduction
Materials and methods
Search strategy
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Data extraction and quality evaluation
Statistical methods
Results
Basic characteristics of the included literature
References | Country | Ethnicity | Gender (F/M) | Cases | Controls | NOS score | |||||||
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N | Agea | Of cite | Diagnosis | Matching | N | Agea | HWE | Healthy | |||||
Cięszczyk et al. [27] | Poland | Caucasian | 115/257 | 229 | 26 ± 4 | ACL | Surgery | Age and Sex | 143 | 24.2 ± 4.1 | HWE | Yes | 7 |
Shukla et al. [28] | India–United Kingdom | Indo-Pakistani | 32/134 | 90 | 26.6 ± 6.2 | ACL | Radiology or Surgery | Age and Sex | 76 | 62.2 ± 5.7 | HWE | Yes | 7 |
Rahim et al.[29] | South Africa | Caucasian | SA 78/150 | 108 | 42.9 ± 13.6 | Achilles Tendon | WHO | Age and Sex | 120 | 37.3 ± 10.4 | HWE | Yes | 6 |
United Kingdom | UK 84/133 | 87 | 45.2 ± 14.4 | 130 | 41.6 ± 11.6 | HWE | Yes | ||||||
Rahim et al.[30] | South Africa | Colored | 36/162 | 98 | 24.5 ± 7.5 | ACL | WHO | Age and Sex | 100 | 27.4 ± 6.7 | HWE | Yes | 5 |
Rahim et al.[31] | South Africa | Caucasian | 151/310 | 227 | 26.8 ± 11.0 | ACL | WHO | Sex | 234 | 29.3 ± 11.3 | HWE | Yes | 6 |
Lulińska-Kuklik et al. [19] | Poland | Caucasian | 149/263 | 222 | F 25 ± 4 | ACL | Surgery | Sex | 190 | F 29 ± 2 | HWE | Yes | 7 |
M 26 ± 4 | M 25 ± 2 |
Group | References | |||||
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Cięszczyk et al. [27] | Shukla et al. [28] | Rahim et al. [29] | Rahim et al. [30] | Rahim et al. [31] | Lulińska-Kuklik et al. [19] | |
Profession | ||||||
Case | Football player | Athletes | Patients with achilles tendinopathy | Healthy people | Healthy people | Football player |
Control | Football player | Athletes | Healthy people | Healthy people | Healthy people | Healthy people |
Mode of injury of case group | ||||||
Contact | 0 | 62 | NA | 47 | 101 | 0 |
Non-contact | 229 | 28 | NA | 51 | 126 | 222 |
References | Country | Ethnicity | HWE | Number of samples | Genotypes of cases | Alleles of cases | Minor allele frequency | Genotypes of controls | Controls’ alleles | Minor allele frequency | |||||||||
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χ2 | P | Cases | Controls | Total | A/A | A/C | C/C | A | C | A/A | A/C | C/C | A | C | |||||
Cięszczyk et al. [27] | South Africa | Caucasian | 1.5498 | 0.2131 | 143 | 229 | 372 | 33 | 84 | 26 | 150 | 136 | 0.4755 | 55 | 114 | 60 | 224 | 234 | 0.4890 |
Shukla et al. [28] | India | Indo-Pakistani | 0.0112 | 0.9156 | 90 | 76 | 166 | 19 | 51 | 20 | 89 | 91 | 0.4944 | 13 | 30 | 33 | 56 | 96 | 0.3684 |
Rahim et al.[29] | South Africa | Caucasian | 0.5679 | 0.4510 | 166 | 229 | 395 | 39 | 92 | 35 | 170 | 162 | 0.4879 | 62 | 98 | 69 | 222 | 236 | 0.4847 |
Rahim et al.[30] | South Africa | Colored | 0.4862 | 0.4856 | 96 | 95 | 191 | 12 | 48 | 36 | 72 | 120 | 0.3750 | 10 | 44 | 41 | 64 | 126 | 0.3368 |
Rahim et al.[31] | South Africa | Caucasian | 0.3763 | 0.5395 | 223 | 226 | 449 | 52 | 106 | 65 | 210 | 236 | 0.4708 | 57 | 125 | 44 | 239 | 213 | 0.4712 |
Lulińska-Kuklik et al. [19] | Poland | Caucasian | 3.6690 | 0.05543 | 222 | 190 | 412 | 39 | 121 | 62 | 199 | 245 | 0.4481 | 25 | 99 | 66 | 149 | 231 | 0.3921 |
References | Country | Ethnicity | HWE | Number of samples | Genotypes of cases | Alleles of cases | Minor allele frequency | Genotypes of controls | Controls’ alleles | Minor allele frequency | |||||||||
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χ2 | P | Cases | Controls | Total | A/A | A/G | G/G | A | G | A/A | A/G | G/G | A | G | |||||
Rahim et al.[29] | South Africa | Caucasian | 2.3295 | 0.1269 | 160 | 216 | 376 | 20 | 63 | 77 | 103 | 217 | 0.3218 | 32 | 94 | 90 | 158 | 274 | 0.3657 |
Rahim et al.[30] | South Africa | Colored | 43.5068 | 0.0001 | 95 | 97 | 192 | 19 | 19 | 57 | 57 | 133 | 0.3000 | 17 | 23 | 57 | 57 | 137 | 0.2938 |
Rahim et al.[31] | South Africa | Caucasian | 0.6668 | 0.4141 | 224 | 212 | 436 | 21 | 108 | 95 | 150 | 298 | 0.3348 | 28 | 75 | 109 | 131 | 293 | 0.3089 |
Lulińska-Kuklik et al. [19] | Poland | Caucasian | 1.6655 | 0.1968 | 312 | 190 | 502 | 19 | 95 | 198 | 133 | 491 | 0.2131 | 11 | 69 | 110 | 91 | 289 | 0.2394 |
References | Country | Ethnicity | HWE | Number of samples | Genotypes of cases | Alleles of cases | Minor allele frequency | Genotypes of controls | Controls’ alleles | Minor allele frequency | |||||||||
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χ2 | P | Cases | Controls | Total | C/C | C/G | G/G | C | G | C/C | C/G | G/G | C | G | |||||
Rahim et al.[29] | South Africa | Caucasian | 0.0228 | 0.8797 | 167 | 232 | 399 | 17 | 77 | 73 | 111 | 223 | 0.3323 | 26 | 101 | 105 | 153 | 311 | 0.3297 |
Rahim et al.[30] | South Africa | Colored | 0.3221 | 0.5703 | 99 | 93 | 192 | 7 | 38 | 54 | 52 | 146 | 0.2626 | 7 | 32 | 54 | 46 | 140 | 0.2473 |
Rahim et al.[31] | South Africa | Caucasian | 0.0774 | 0.7808 | 227 | 226 | 453 | 24 | 99 | 104 | 147 | 307 | 0.3237 | 29 | 101 | 96 | 159 | 293 | 0.3517 |
Lulińska-Kuklik et al. [19] | Poland | Caucasian | 0.0106 | 0.9176 | 222 | 190 | 412 | 52 | 107 | 63 | 211 | 233 | 0.4752 | 27 | 97 | 66 | 151 | 229 | 0.3973 |
Results of meta-analyses
Genetic model | Test of association | Tests for heterogeneity | Egger’s test | ||
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OR (95% CI) | P | Ph | I2 (%) | PE | |
VEGFA rs699947 | |||||
A versus C | 1.08 (0.88–1.33) | 0.455 | 0.029 | 59.90 | 0.184 |
AA+AC versus CC | 1.16 (0.74–1.80) | 0.514 | 0.001 | 78.30 | 0.423 |
AA versus CC | 1.13 (0.75–1.71) | 0.550 | 0.048 | 55.30 | 0.232 |
AA versus AC+CC | 1.03 (0.83–1.28) | 0.792 | 0.706 | 0 | 0.189 |
AA+CC versus AC | 0.90 (0.65–1.26) | 0.556 | 0.005 | 69.90 | 0.330 |
VEGFA rs1570360 | |||||
A versus G | 0.95 (0.81–1.11) | 0.511 | 0.431 | 0 | 0.943 |
AA+AG versus GG | 0.96 (0.70–1.31) | 0.791 | 0.088 | 54.1 | 0.905 |
AA versus GG | 0.88 (0.63–1.25) | 0.484 | 0.857 | 0 | 0.212 |
AA versus AG+GG | 0.88 (0.63–1.22) | 0.426 | 0.661 | 0 | 0.117 |
AA+GG versus AG | 1.53 (0.90–2.61) | 0.115 | 0.001 | 84.4 | 0.520 |
VEGFA rs2010963 | |||||
C versus G | 1.07 (0.92–1.25) | 0.364 | 0.163 | 41.5 | 0.997 |
CC+CG versus GG | 1.07 (0.87–1.32) | 0.523 | 0.502 | 0 | 0.555 |
CC versus GG | 1.16 (0.83–1.62) | 0.393 | 0.124 | 47.9 | 0.744 |
CC versus CG+GG | 1.15 (0.84–1.57) | 0.371 | 0.140 | 45.3 | 0.580 |
CC+GG versus CG | 1.00 (0.81–1.23) | 0.978 | 0.808 | 0 | 0.324 |
Genetic model | Test of association | Tests for heterogeneity | Egger’s test | ||
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OR (95% CI) | P | Ph | I2 (%) | PE | |
VEGFA rs699947 | |||||
A versus C | 0.98 (0.88–1.10) | 0.758 | 0.109 | 50.50 | 0.356 |
AA + AC versus CC | 0.92 (0.86–0.98) | 0.015 | 0.225 | 33.00 | 0.075 |
AA versus CC | 0.95 (0.81–1.12) | 0.534 | 0.112 | 50.00 | 0.059 |
AA versus AC+CC | 0.99 (0.83–1.17) | 0.877 | 0.377 | 3.1 | 0.022 |
AA+CC versus AC | 1.01 (0.83–1.24) | 0.910 | 0.010 | 73.7 | 0.787 |
VEGFA rs1570360 | |||||
A versus G | 0.95 (0.84–1.09) | 0.467 | 0.186 | 40.5 | 0.133 |
AA+AG versus GG | 1.01 (0.82–1.24) | 0.953 | 0.085 | 59.5 | 0.555 |
AA versus GG | 0.86 (0.61–1.21) | 0.381 | 0.844 | 0 | 0.875 |
AA versus AG+GG | 0.84 (0.59–1.19) | 0.326 | 0.678 | 0 | 0.006 |
AA+GG versus AG | 1.29(1.14–1.45) | 0.001 | 0.388 | 0 | Na |
VEGFA rs2010963 | |||||
C versus G | 1.15 (1.00–1.32) | 0.045 | 0.388 | 0 | Na |
CC+CG versus GG | 1.03 (0.93–1.13) | 0.583 | 0.351 | 4.4 | 0.877 |
CC versus GG | 1.40 (1.00–1.94) | 0.049 | 0.273 | 16.7 | Na |
CC versus CG+GG | 1.12 (0.69–1.82) | 0.642 | 0.094 | 57.6 | 0.568 |
CC+GG versus CG | 1.01 (0.91–1.13) | 0.799 | 0.702 | 0 | 0.544 |
Publication bias and sensitivity analyses
Confidence test for positive results
Positive result | Subgroup | Genetic model | OR (95% CI) | I2 (%) | P | Power | Prior probability | ||||
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0.25 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 0.001 | 0.0001 | |||||||
VEGFA rs699947 | Europe | AA+AC versus CC | 0.92 (0.86–0.98) | 33 | 0.015 | 1.00 | 0.028 | 0.080 | 0.490 | 0.906 | 0.990 |
VEGFA rs1570360 | Europe | AA+GG versus AG | 1.29 (1.14–1.45) | 0 | < 0.001 | 0.994 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.019 | 0.165 |
VEGFA rs2010963 | Europe | C versus G | 1.15 (1.00–1.32) | 0 | 0.045 | 1.00 | 0.123 | 0.297 | 0.823 | 0.979 | 0.998 |
VEGFA rs2010963 | Europe | CC versus GG | 1.40 (1.00–1.94) | 16.7 | 0.049 | 0.661 | 0.164 | 0.371 | 0.866 | 0.985 | 0.998 |