Barely Significant
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Association between brain-derived neurotrophic factor genetic polymorphism Val66Met and susceptibility to bipolar disorder: a meta-analysis.

BMC Psychiatry · 2014 · PMC4297385 · PMID 25539739

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nominally significantP = 0.04actually significant
In a previous meta-analysis, the pooled OR derived from nine case–control studies is nominally significant (random-effects pooled OR = 1.07, P = 0.04), while the pooled OR derived from five family-based studies increases notably to an OR of 1.54 (P = 0.000019).

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a trend towards significanceno p-value reported
The finding of insignificant association between the Val66Met polymorphism and BPD in Oriental population populations (Chinese, Japanese and Korean populations), but a trend towards significance in Caucasian population suggest that ethnic heterogeneity may affect the results of these genetic association studies.

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