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Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Table 3 Comparison of frequencies of IL-1RA VNTR polymorphism between BD patients and healthy controls

From: Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) variable number of tandem repeat polymorphisms in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: an association study in Turkish population

Genotype

BD

Healthy control

OR

95% CI

p

n = a (%)

n = 182 (%)

IL-1RA

1/1

52 (49.1)

83 (45.6)

1.149*

0.711–1.856*

.571*

1/2

36 (34.0)

71 (39.0)

0.804*

0.488–1.326*

.392*

1/4

4 (3.8)

7 (3.8)

0.980&

0.280–3.430&

1.000&

2/2

14 (13.2)

21 (11.5)

1.167*

0.566–2.404*

.676*

Allele

1

144 (67.9)

244 (67.0)

1.041*

0.725–1.496*

.826*

2

64 (30.2)

113 (31.0)

0.961*

0.665–1.388*

.830*

4

4 (1.9)

7 (1.9)

0.981&

0.284–3.390&

1.000&

  1. an = 106
  2. *Pearson chi-square
  3. &Fisher's Exact Test
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