TABLE II. Allelic and genotypic frequencies of the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1/solute carrier family 11 member 1 gene polymorphisms in leprosy and control groups.
| Polymorphism site | Alleles/ genotypes | Leprosy n = 86 n (%) | MB n = 67 n (%) | PB n = 19 n (%) | Controls n = 239 n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exon 8 | Allele | ||||
| 823 C/T | C | 152 (88) | 119 (88) | 33 (86) | 430 (89) |
| T | 20 (12) | 15 (12) | 5 (14) | 48 (11) | |
| Genotype | |||||
| CC | 69 (80) | 54 (81) | 15 (79) | 195 (81) | |
| CT | 14 (16) | 11 (16) | 3 (16) | 40 (17) | |
| TT | 3 (4) | 2 (3) | 1 (5) | 4 (2) | |
| Intron 13 | Allele | ||||
| 1465-85 G/A | G | 81 (47) | 63 (47) | 18 (47) | 256 (54) |
| A | 91 (53) | 71 (53) | 20 (53) | 222 (46) | |
| Genotype | |||||
| GG | 22 (26) | 16 (24) | 6 (31) | 79 (33) | |
| GA | 37 (43) | 31 (46) | 6 (31) | 98 (41) | |
| AA | 27 (31) | 20 (30) | 7 (38) | 62 (26) | |
| Exon 15 | Allele | ||||
| 1703 G/A | G | 168 (97) | 131 (98) | 37 (99) | 462 (96) |
| A | 4 (3) | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | 16 (4) | |
| Genotype | |||||
| GA | 4 (5) | 3 (4) | 1 (5) | 16 (7) | |
| GG | 82 (95) | 64 (96) | 18 (95) | 223 (93) | |
| 3’ UTR | Allele | ||||
| 1729+55del4 | +TGTG | 161 (94) | 125 (93) | 36 (95) | 440 (92) |
| -TGTG | 11 (6) | 9 (7) | 2 (5) | 38 (8) | |
| Genotype | |||||
| +TGTG | 76 (88) | 59 (88) | 17 (89) | 204 (85) | |
| +TGTG/-TGTG | 9 (10) | 7 (10) | 2 (11) | 32 (13) | |
| -TGTG | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 3 (2) |
MB: multibacillary; PB: paucibacillary; UTR: untranslated region.