Table 2.

Studies of TLR4 Asp299Gly polymorphism and severity of acute pancreatitis

Ref.	Year	Country	Ethnicity	Assay	MAP			SAP
					AA	AG	GG	AA	AG	GG
Hofner et al[11]	2006	Hungary	Caucasian	Taqman	41	1	0	43	6	1
Zhang et al[9]	2008	China	Asian	PCR-RFLP	104	2	0	128	4	0
Chen et al[12]	2009	China	Asian	PCR-RFLP	32	8	0	32	7	0
Guenther et al[7]	2010	Germany, United States	Caucasian	Taqman	A 587 G 33			A 404 G 18

PCR-RFLP: Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism; MAP: Mild acute pancreatitis; SAP: Severe acute pancreatitis.