Table 4.

Genotype distributions of V89L and TA repeat polymorphisms

	V89L genotype (%)				Fisher's exact
TA genotype	V/V	V/L	L/L	Total	P value
Cases
TA(0/0)	39 (16.6)	88 (37.4)	51 (21.7)	178 (75.7)
TA(0/9)	19 (8.1)	35 (14.9)	0 (0.0)	54 (23.0)
TA(9/9)	3 (1.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (1.3)
Total	61 (26.0)	123 (52.3)	51 (21.7)	235 (100.0)	< 0.001
Controls
TA(0/0)	21 (11.5)	57 (31.2)	60 (32.8)	138 (75.4)
TA(0/9)	19 (10.4)	22 (12.0)	0 (0.0)	41 (22.4)
TA(9/9)	4 (2.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	4 (2.2)
Total	44 (24.0)	79 (43.2)	60 (32.8)	183 (100.0)	< 0.001

Percentages are shown in parentheses.