Melanocortin-1 receptor, skin cancer and phenotypic characteristics (M-SKIP) project: study design and methods for pooling results of genetic epidemiological studies

Table 2 Summary of data included in the M-SKIP project by geographical location

Study area	Invited investigators	Participant investigators (studies)	Melanoma cases	NMSC cases	Controls
Africa	1	0 (0)	0	0	0
Asia	3	2 (2)	0	0	345
Australia	4	2 (3)	744	298	290
Northern Europe^a	8	6 (6)	858	1629	8095
Central Europe^b	6	3 (4)	977	639	2398
Southern Europe^c	9	8 (12)	2,747	0	2263
North America	13	11 (12)	2,480	585	1484
TOTAL	43 ^d	31 ^d (39)	7808	3151	14875

NMSC = non melanoma skin cancer.
^a includes Denmark, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK.
^b includes France, Germany, Poland.
^c includes Greece, Italy, Spain.
^d one investigator collected data for two different areas (North America and Asia).

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