“…Figure 1 shows the results of literature search and study. For pooling MAF, a total of 418, 350, and 1,832 studies were identified from PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science, respectively, of which 13 case-control studies (Habuchi et al, 2000; Allen et al, 2001; Haiman et al, 2001; Zmuda et al, 2001; Madigan et al, 2003; Tigli et al, 2003; Gunes et al, 2007; Onen et al, 2007; Sobti et al, 2008; Souiden et al, 2011; Antognelli et al, 2013; El Ezzi et al, 2014; Kumar et al, 2014) reporting the MAF in non-BPH populations in two ethnicities (Caucasian and Oriental) were included for pooling minor allele prevalence. For gene effect, a total of 19, 21, and 33 studies were identified from PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science, respectively, of which eight case-control studies (Habuchi et al, 2000; Madigan et al, 2003; Tigli et al, 2003; Gunes et al, 2007; Sobti et al, 2008; Antognelli et al, 2013; El Ezzi et al, 2014; Kumar et al, 2014) were included in the present meta-analysis for pooling gene effect between CYP17 rs743572 polymorphism and BPH.…”