| |
Patients N=120 |
Controls N=120 |
| Genotypes |
African American
N=35, +(%) |
Caucasian
N=85, +(%) |
African American
N=77, +(%) |
Caucasian
N=43, +(%) |
|
CC |
31(88.6) |
64(75.3) |
63(81.8) |
31(72.1) |
|
CT |
4(11.4) |
20(23.5)a |
14(18.2) |
10(23.3) |
|
TTb |
0 |
1(1.2) |
0 |
2(4.6) |
a: CT genotype was 2.1-fold increase in Caucasian patients vs. African
American but was not statistically significant. b: TT genotype was absent in African
American patients and controls in this study, it was present with a low frequency
among Caucasian patients and healthy controls. |
