Table 11. Genotype distribution of CEL VNTR lengths for alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (ACP) and alcoholic liver cirrhosis (ALC) patients from Germany.
| Genotypes of pooled lengthsa | Frequency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACP | ALC | P-valueb | Odds ratio | 95% CI | |
| (n = 293) | (n = 127) | ||||
| SS | 0.096 (28) | 0.134 (17) | 0.30 | 0.68 | 0.36–1.30 |
| SN | 0.423 (124) | 0.425 (54) | 0.97* | 0.99 | 0.65–1.51 |
| NN | 0.392 (115) | 0.354 (45) | 0.46* | 1.18 | 0.76–1.82 |
| NL | 0.038 (11) | 0.047 (6) | 0.60 | 0.79 | 0.28–2.18 |
| LL | - | 0.008 (1) | - | - | - |
| SL | 0.027 (8) | 0.008 (1) | 0.29 | 3.54 | 0.44–28.58 |
| Duplication allelesc | 0.024 (7) | 0.024 (3) | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.26–3.98 |
| Sum | 1.000 (293) | 1.000 (127) | - | - | - |
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