Table 4 of Suganthalakshmi, Mol Vis 2006; 12:336-341.


Table 4. Allele distribution of VEGF and eNOS polymorphisms in DR and DWR

The allele distribution of each polymorphism was compared between diabetic patients with and without retinopathy. The frequencies of alleles are given in percent.

                                         Diabetic
                           Diabetic       without
                          retinopathy   retinopathy      Odds ratio
 Gene/region     Allele     (n=240)       (n=180)         (95% CI)         p
--------------   ------   -----------   -----------   ----------------   ------
VEGF T(-1498)C    T C     63.75 36.25   83.33 16.67   2.84 (1.75-4.61)   0.0001
VEGF G(-1190)A    G A     67.92 32.08   73.89 26.11   1.33 (0.86-2.05)   0.18
VEGF C(-634)G     C G     58.33 41.67   61.11 38.89   1.12 (0.75-1.66)   0.56
VEGF C(-7)T       C T     84.17 15.83   93.89 6.11    2.89 (1.42-5.88)   0.002
eNOS intron4      b a     16.25 83.75   14.44 85.56   0.87 (0.50-1.49)   0.61

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