However, no association was found between Twist and other clinicopathological features, including age (OR = 1.086, 95% CI = 0.679–1.736, P = 0.731, fixed effect), sex (OR = 1.104, 95% CI = 0.726–1.679, P = 0.644, fixed effect), tumor differentiation (OR = 1.981, 95% CI = 0.996–3.939, P = 0.051, fixed effect), histology type (OR = 0.810, 95% CI = 0.544–1.206, P = 0.299, fixed effect) and tumor stage (OR = 1. The gene discussed is TWIST1; the disease is neoplasm.