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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 May 20;128(3):677–680. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.04.027

Table 1.

Polymorphisms in FcγRIIB gene and response to IVIG treatment among Kawasaki disease patients in all ethnic groups and only Caucasians

Polymorphisms Minor Allele Freq (%)
Allelic Odds Ratios
(95% CI)
Rp vs. NRp
p-value
Parents Responders
(Rp)
Non-Responders
(NRp)
Allelica Genotypeb Trendc
All Ethnic groups n = 578 n=231 n=76
FcγRIIB+775T/c 15 18 14 1.35 (0.0.79-2.22) 0.28 0.42 0.34
FcγRIIB -386G/c 9 10 7 1.61 (0.79-3.23) 0.18 0.32 0.12
FcγRIIB -120T/a 9 10 5 2.22 (0.98-5.02) 0.05 0.17 0.06
Caucasians n = 369 n=129 n=48
FcγRIIB+775T/c 13 12 13 0.97 (0.47-2.01) 0.94 0.97 0.95
FcγRIIB −386G/c 13 16 8 2.04 (0.91-4.55) 0.08 0.21 0.10
FcγRIIB −120T/a 12 15 5 3.23 (1.22-8.33) 0.01 0.03 0.02
Asians n = 86 n=40 n=8
FcγRIIB+775T/c 27 40 19 1.54 (0.39-6.25) 0.11 0.15 0.14
FcγRIIB −386G/c 1 0 0 - - - -
FcγRIIB -120T/a 0 0 0 - - - -
Hispanic n =67 n=29 n=11
FcγRIIB+775T/c 11 20 14 - 0.49 0.65 0.51
FcγRIIB −386G/c 3 4 0 - - - -
FcγRIIB -120T/a 4 3 0 - - - -
a

χ2 (d.f.=1);

b

χ2 (d.f.=2);

c

Cochran-Armitage test