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Table 4 Publication bias results of Begg’s and Egger’s tests

From: Lack of association between multiple polymorphisms in aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) gene and cancer susceptibility

 

Study

Dominant model

Recessive model

Codominant model

Allelic model

Polymorphism

number (n)

PB PE

PB PE

PB PE

PB PE

rs2066853

17

0.650 0.663

0.967 0.799

0.711 0.664

0.773 0.942

rs2074113

3

0.296 0.019

1.000 0.386

1.000 0.428

1.000 0.689

rs7796976

3

0.296 0.401

1.000 0.593

1.000 0.721

0.296 0.567

  1. PB P value for Begg’s rank correlation method, PE P value for Egger’s regression method