Table 5.

Comparison of the Genotype and Allele Frequencies of the TNF-α Gene Promoter C-850T Polymorphism Among Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Healthy Age-Matched Controls

	TNF-α C-850T (%)
	Genotype frequencies			Allele frequencies
	CC	CT	TT	C	T
Korhonen et al. (2002)
Patients (n=87)	74 (85.1%)	11 (12.6%)	2 (2.3%)	159 (91.4%)	15 (8.6%)
Controls (n=115)	96 (83.5%)	16 (13.9%)	3 (2.6%)	208 (90.4%)	22 (9.6%)
Our results
Patients (n=204)	178 (87.25%)	26 (12.75%)	0 (0%)	382 (93.6%)	26 (6.4%)
Controls (n=204)	108 (52.94%)	78 (38.23%)	18 (8.82%)	294 (72%)	114 (28%)