Table 12. Genotype distribution of CEL VNTR lengths for alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (ACP) and alcoholic liver cirrhosis (ALC) patients from the United Kingdom.
| Genotypes of pooled lengthsa | Frequency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACP | ALC | P-valueb | Odds ratio | 95% CI | |
| (n = 102) | (n = 91) | ||||
| SS | 0.176 (18) | 0.088 (8) | 0.09 | 2.22 | 0.92–5.39 |
| SN | 0.363 (37) | 0.385 (35) | 0.75* | 0.91 | 0.51–1.63 |
| NN | 0.324 (33) | 0.473 (43) | 0.034* | 0.53 | 0.30–0.96 |
| NL | 0.088 (9) | - | - | - | - |
| LL | - | - | - | - | - |
| SL | 0.020 (2) | 0.022 (2) | 1.0 | 0.89 | 0.12–6.45 |
| Duplication allelesc | 0.030 (3) | 0.033 (3) | 1.0 | 0.89 | 0.18–4.52 |
| 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 Pearsons Chi-square test (*) with one degree of freedom
c Genotypes of duplication alleles are listed in Table 14