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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