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 |