To strengthen the power of our results, studies with 10 g/dl, 11 g/dl, 12 g/dl and gender-specific (male, 13 g/dl; female, 12 g/dl) cut-off values were analysed in the meta-analysis and similar results were obtained, specifically that decreased Hb was significantly associated with poor OS in patients with lung cancer. Here, GSTM1 is linked to lung carcinoma.