It can be seen from Figure 4 and Table 3 that participants in the pooled meta-analysis for associations of IL-18 rs187238, rs1946518 and rs1946519 with CAD risks had 4092 cases and 3121 controls, 3207 cases and 2473 controls and 2544 cases and 1583 controls, respectively. The gene discussed is IL18; the disease is coronary artery disorder.