Table 4. Carriage rate frequencies (%) of VEGF 936 C/T in patients with ^*IRF and ^**IAAA, and VEGF I/D in patients with/without ureteral obstruction, conservative treatment, and deep vein thrombosis^&.

Variables	936 TC+936 TT	936 CC	P values	OR (95% CI)
IRF	22 (26.5)	61 (73.5)	0.046	6.49 [0.82–51.54]
IAAA	1 (5.3)	18 (94.7)
	II+ID	DD
Ureteral obstruction	57 (83.8)	20 (58.8)	0.006	3.63 [1.42–9.28]
Absence of ureteral obstruction	11 (16.2)	14 (41.2)
	II+ID	DD
Conservative treatment	33 (48.5)	8 (23.5)	0.015	3.06 [1.22–7.72]
No conservative treatment	35 (51.5)	26 (76.5)
	II	DD+ID
Deep vein thrombosis	7 (30.4)	9 (11.7)	0.031	3.31 [1.07–10.21]
Absence of deep vein thrombosis	16 (69.6)	68 (88.3)

^*Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF);

^**inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms (IAAA);

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

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