Table 1 of Chowers, Mol Vis 2008; 14:1829-1834.


Table 1. The frequency of alleles and genotypes of complement factor H rs1061170 SNP in Israeli NVAMD patients and unaffected controls

Population  Age-related macular degeneration Unaffected p value OR (95% CI)
By allele (T/C)
Entire population 237/243 (49.4%/50.6%) 152/84 (64.4%/35.6%) 0.0002 1.9 (1.3–2.6)
Ashkenazi Jews 147/161 (47.7%/52.3%) 87/47 (64.9%/35.1%) 0.0009 2 (1.3–3.1)
Sephardic Jews 74/72 (50.6%/49.4%) 51/29 (63.7%/36.3%) 0.07 1.7 (1–3)
By genotype
Entire Population



TT 55 (22.9%) 49 (41.5%) 0.00047
TC 127 (52.9%) 54 (45.8%)   2.1(1.3–3.4)
CC 58 (24.2%) 15 (12.7%)   3.4 (1.7–6.8)
Ashkenazi Jews
TT 33 (21.4%) 27 (40.3%) 0.003
TC 81 (52.6%) 33 (49.3%)   1.9 (1–3.8)
CC 40 (26%) 7 (10.4%)   13.9 (3.1–62.5)
Sephardic Jews
TT 18 (24.7%) 17 (42.5%) 0.19
TC 38 (52%) 17 (42.5%)   1.8 (0.7–1.9)
CC 17 (23.3%) 6 (15%)   2.8 (0.9–9.5)