Table 4. Genotype distribution of CEL VNTR lengths for alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (ACP) patients and controls from the United Kingdom.
| Genotypes of pooled lengthsa | Frequency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACP | Controls | P-valueb | Odds ratio | 95% CI | |
| (n = 102) | (n = 91) | ||||
| SS | 0.176 (18) | 0.121 (11) | 0.32 | 1.56 | 0.69–3.50 |
| SN | 0.363 (37) | 0.450 (41) | 0.22* | 0.69 | 0.39–1.24 |
| NN | 0.324 (33) | 0.330 (30) | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.53–1.78 |
| NL | 0.088 (9) | 0.033 (3) | 0.14 | 2.84 | 0.74–10.83 |
| LL | - | - | - | - | - |
| SL | 0.020 (2) | 0.044 (4) | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.08–2.43 |
| Duplication allelesc | 0.030 (3) | 0.022 (2) | 1.00 | 1.35 | 0.22–8.26 |
| Sum | 1.000 (102) | 1.000 (91) | - | - | - |
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 14