Table 3. Genotype distribution of CEL VNTR lengths for alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (ACP) patients and controls from Germany.
| Genotypes of pooled lengthsa | Frequency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACP | Controls | P-valueb | Odds ratio | 95% CI | |
| (n = 293) | (n = 236) | ||||
| SS | 0.096 (28) | 0.123 (29) | 0.33 | 0.75 | 0.44–1.31 |
| SN | 0.423 (124) | 0.403 (95) | 0.63* | 1.09 | 0.77–1.54 |
| NN | 0.392 (115) | 0.364 (86) | 0.51* | 1.13 | 0.79–1.61 |
| NL | 0.038 (11) | 0.055 (13) | 0.40 | 0.67 | 0.29–1.52 |
| LL | - | - | - | - | - |
| SL | 0.027 (8) | 0.034(8) | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.30–2.17 |
| Duplication allelesc | 0.024 (7) | 0.021 (5) | 1.00 | 1.13 | 0.35–3.61 |
| Sum | 1.000 (293) | 1.000 (236) | - | - | - |
a Short (S), 4–15 repeats; Normal (N), 16 repeats; Long (L), 17–23 repeats
b P-value calculated by two-tailed Fisher`s exact test or Pearson’s Chi-square test (*) with one degree of freedom
c Genotypes of duplication alleles are listed in Table 13