Table 2. Alleles, genotypes and carriage rate frequencies (%) of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 polymorphism Asp299Gly in patients with chronic periaortitis and control subjects*.
| Chronic periaortitis (n = 99) | Controls (n = 200) | P | OR (95% CI) | |
| Alleles | ||||
| G | 8/198 (4.0) | 17/400 (4.3) | 0.904 | 0.95 (0.40–2.24) |
| A | 190/198 (96.0) | 383/400 (95.8) | ||
| Genotype | ||||
| G/G | 0/99 (0.0) | 0/200 (0.0) | ||
| G/A | 8/99 (8.1) | 17/200 (8.5) | 0.902 | |
| A/A | 91/99 (91.9) | 183/200 (91.5) | ||
| Carriage rate | ||||
| G/A+G/G | 8/99 (8.1) | 17/200 (8.5) | 0.902 | 0.94 (0.39–2.27) |
| A/A | 91/99 (91.9) | 183/200 (91.5) |
*
Values are the number/total number examined (%).
OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval.