Table 3.
Frequencies of SOD2 and MTHFR alleles and genotypes in elderly and control female subjects
| Genotypes and Alleles | Control Females group N (percentage) |
Elderly Females group N (percentage) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 SOD2 | |||
| TT | 25 (37.3) | 21 (36.8) | |
| TC | 26 (38.8) | 28 (49.1) | |
| CC | 16 (23.9) | 8 (14.0) | 0. 317 |
| Allele T | 76 (56.7) | 70 (61.4) | |
| Allele C | 58 (43.3) | 44 (38.6) | 0.455 |
| 677 MTHFR | |||
| CC | 40 (59.7) | 36 (63.2) | |
| CT | 20 (29.9) | 14 (24.6) | |
| TT | 7 (10.4) | 7 (12.3) | 0.792 |
| Allele C | 100 (74.6) | 73 (72.3) | |
| Allele T | 34 (25.4) | 28 (27.7) | 0.686 |