Table 1.

Allelic frequencies of TLR9 polymorphisms

		Gambia		Malawi
		Controls1	Cases	Controls1	Cases
Case-control (n)	allele	628	883	416	712
TLR9_rs187084	C	0.231	0.227	0.270	0.232
TLR9_rs5743836	C	0.460	0.438	0.407	0.381
TLR9_rs352139	A	0.395	0.413	0.396	0.444
TLR9_rs352140_exonic	T	0.244	0.249	0.302	0.263
Trios (n)		2086	1043	376	188
TLR9_rs187084	C	0.237	0.236	0.269	0.266
TLR9_rs5743836	C	0.481	0.478	0.406	0.399
TLR9_rs352139	A	0.435	0.418	0.378	0.391
TLR9_rs352140_exonic	T	0.248	0.249	0.323	0.321

¹ For the trios' cohort the parents were used as controls.