Table 3. Alleles, genotypes and carriage rates frequencies (%) of VEGF I/D, 936 C/T, 634 C/G in patients and control subjects^*.

Variable	Chronic periaortitis (n = 102)	Controls (n = 200)	p	OR (95% CI)
Alleles
I	92/204 (45.1)	162/400 (40.5)	0.279	1.21 (0.86–1.70)
D	112/204 (54.9)	238/400 (59.5)
T936	24/204 (11.8)	40/400 (10.0)	0.505	1.20 (0.70–2.05)
C936	180/204 (88.2)	360/400 (90.0)
C634	83/202 (41.1)	155/400 (38.8)	0.579	1.10 (0.78–1.56)
G634	119/202 (58.9)	245/400 (61.3)
Genotypes
II	24/102 (23.5)	48/200 (24.0)
ID	44/102 (43.1)	66/200 (33.0)	0.174
DD	34/102 (33.3)	86/200 (43.0)
T936/T936	1/102 (1.0)	3/200 (1.5)
T936/C936	22/102 (21.6)	34/200 (17.0)	0.596
C936/C936	79/102 (77.5)	163/200 (81.5)
C634/C634	12/101 (11.9)	27/200 (13.5)
C634/G634	59/101 (58.4)	101/200 (50.5)	0.425
G634/G634	30/101 (29.7)	72/200 (36.0)
Carriage rates
II+ID	68/102 (66.7)	114/200 (57.0)	0.104	1.51 (0.92–2.48)
DD	34/102 (33.3)	86/200 (43.0)
T936/T936+T936/C936	23/102 (22.5)	37/200 (18.5)	0.404	1.28 (0.71–2.30)
C936/C936	79/102 (77.5)	163/200 (81.5)
C634/C634+C634/G634	71/101 (70.3)	128/200 (64.0)	0.276	1.33 (0.79–2.23)
G634/G634	30/101 (29.7)	72/200 (36.0)

^*Values are the number/total number examined (%).

OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence intervals.