For CD14-159C/T susceptibility to sepsis, after the exclusion of the study from Fallavena et al. [16], the pooled results in the following models became significant (Fig. 5): C versus T: OR = 0.79, 95% CI 0.66–0.94, p = 0.01; CC versus TT: OR = 0.60, 95% CI 0.42–0.86, p = 0.005; CC + CT versus TT: OR = 0.68, 95% CI 0.50–0.91 p = 0.01. The gene discussed is CD14; the disease is Sepsis.