Table 6 Publication bias assessment of this meta-analysis
Genetic model | Egger’s test | Begg’s test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
t-value | p | t-value | p | |
Diabetes | ||||
 Allelic model | 2.96 | 0.01 | 2.72 | 0.01 |
 Homozygote model | 2.99 | 0.01 | 2.96 | 0.001 |
 Heterozygote model | 3.11 | 0.01 | 2.11 | 0.04 |
 Dominant model | 2.48 | 0.02 | 1.99 | 0.05 |
 Recessive model | 2.23 | 0.03 | 1.87 | 0.06 |
Diabetic retinopathy | ||||
 Allelic model | -0.98 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
 Homozygote model | -1.88 | 0.10 | 0.36 | 0.72 |
 Heterozygote model | 0.74 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.59 |
 Dominant model | 0.04 | 0.97 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
 Recessive model | -1.39 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Diabetic CVD | ||||
 Allelic model | 1.88 | 0.12 | 1.20 | 0.23 |
 Homozygote model | 1.49 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.55 |
 Heterozygote model | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.90 | 0.37 |
 Dominant model | 1.13 | 0.31 | 0.90 | 0.37 |
 Recessive model | 1.88 | 0.12 | 0.30 | 0.76 |
Diabetic nephropathy | ||||
 Allelic model | 1.18 | 0.09 | 1.98 | 0.05 |
 Homozygote model | 1.63 | 0.13 | 1.48 | 0.14 |
 Heterozygote model  Dominant model | -0.11 0.61 | 0.91 0.55 | 0.00 0.69 | 1.00 0.49 |
 Recessive model | 3.05 | 0.01 | 2.18 | 0.03 |