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PubMed was searched to identify case control studies and meta-analysis was performed to compute the pooled odds ratio (OR) at 95% confidence interval (CI). Cochran\u2019s Q-test and I2 were used to study heterogeneity, based on which either a random or a fixed effect model was implemented. The meta-analysis identified 11 SNPs (from 10 genes) to be significantly associated with increased EC risk. Among these, seven SNPs were significant in at least three of the five genetic models, as well as three of the polymorphisms (rs1801320, rs11224561, and rs2279744) corresponding to RAD51, PGR, and MDM2 genes, which contained more than 1000 EC cases each and exhibited increased risk. The current meta-analysis indicates that polymorphisms associated with various hormone related genes\u2014SULT1A1 (rs1042028), PGR (rs11224561), and CYP19A1 (rs10046 and rs4775936); DNA repair genes\u2014ERCC2 (rs1799793), OGG1 (rs1052133), MLH1 (rs1800734), and RAD51 (rs1801320) as well as genes like MDM2 (rs2279744), CCND1 (rs9344), and SERPINE1 (rs1799889), are significantly associated with increased EC risk.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes14030741","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,20]],"date-time":"2023-03-20T05:46:42Z","timestamp":1679291202000},"page":"741","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Meta-Analysis of 49 SNPs Covering 25,446 Cases and 41,106 Controls Identifies Polymorphisms in Hormone Regulation and DNA Repair Genes Associated with Increased Endometrial Cancer Risk"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Agneesh Pratim","family":"Das","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Bioinformatics Division, ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, I-7, Sector-39, Noida 201301, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nisha","family":"Chaudhary","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Multanimal Modi College, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Modinagar 201204, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shrishty","family":"Tyagi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Multanimal Modi College, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Modinagar 201204, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Subhash M.","family":"Agarwal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bioinformatics Division, ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, I-7, Sector-39, Noida 201301, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"394","DOI":"10.3322\/caac.21492","article-title":"Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries","volume":"68","author":"Bray","year":"2018","journal-title":"CA Cancer J. 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