Table 3 Publication bias tests (Begg’s funnel plot and Egger’s test for publication bias test) for 4 SNPs in MBL2.

 X-allele vs. Y-allele

0.719

1.282

0.56

0.592

(−2.312,3.751)

0.1

0.917

 XY vs. YY

0.597

1.084

0.55

0.599

(−1.967,3.161)

−0.1

1

 XX vs. YY

0.149

0.429

0.35

0.739

(− 0.867,1.165)

0.31

0.754

 XX + XY vs. YY

0.625

1.12

0.56

0.594

(−2.024,3.274)

−0.1

1

 XX vs. XY + YY

0.147

0.434

0.34

0.744

(−0.878,1.172)

0.31

0.754

 L-allele vs. H-allele

−0.597

2.35

−0.25

0.812

(−7.122,5.928)

0

1

 LH vs. HH

−0.477

0.808

−0.59

0.587

(−2.721,1.768)

0.38

0.707

 LL vs. HH

1.899

1.558

1.22

0.29

(−2.426,6.226)

0.75

0.452

 LL + LH vs. HH

−0.495

0.899

− 0.55

0.611

(−2.993,2.002)

0.75

0.452

 LL vs. LH + HH

−0.15

2.385

−0.06

0.953

(−6.772,6.472)

0

1

 Q-allele vs. P-allele

−0.09

0.781

−0.12

0.912

(−2.099,1.917)

1.5

0.133

 QP vs. PP

−0.068

0.763

−0.09

0.932

(−2.031,1.893)

1.2

0.23

 QQ vs. PP

−0.064

0.15

−0.43

0.687

(−0.451,0.322)

0.3

0.764

 QQ + QP vs. PP

−0.077

0.775

−0.1

0.924

(−2.069,1.914)

1.2

0.23

 QQ vs. QP + PP

−0.065

0.149

−0.44

0.68

(−0.448,0.317)

0.3

0.764

 A-allele vs. O-allele

−0.026

1.703

−0.02

0.988

(−3.706,3.653)

0.69

0.488

 AO vs. OO

0.469

1.407

0.33

0.744

(−2.571,3.511)

0.4

0.692

 AA vs. OO

0.113

0.422

0.27

0.792

(−0.798,1.025)

1.39

0.166

 AA+AO vs. OO

0.513

1.398

0.37

0.72

(−2.507,3.533)

0.59

0.533

 AA vs. AO + OO

0.091

0.436

0.21

0.839

(−0.852,1.033)

1.39

0.166