Control Type 1 diabetes      
  Ethnic group n MAF (%) n MAF (%) OR 95%CI P value
1st panel Japanese 263 (5.1) 139 (1.8) 0.34 0.13-0.83 0.022
2nd panel Japanese 346 (5.1) 534 (2.9) 0.56 0.34-0.91 0.028
3rd panel Caucasian 223 (5.6) 228 (6.4) 1.14 0.66-1.99 0.68
Summary   832 (5.2) 901 (3.6) 0.68 0.48-0.95 0.023
P value for heterogeneity: p< 0.05
MAF: minor allele frequency, OR: Odds ratio
Table 7: Meta-analysis of association studies of MAFA Gly346Cys with susceptibility to type 1-diabetes in Japanese and Caucasian populations.