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. 2018 May 18;54(3):32. doi: 10.3390/medicina54030032

Table 2.

Comparison of allele and genotype frequencies of two MAOA gene polymorphisms between ADHD children and controls.

Allele/Genotype ADHD-Boys Control-Boys p-Value a OR (95% CI)
Rs6323 G 62 (63.9%) 102 (53.4%) 0.088 0.64 (0.391–1.069)
T 35 (36.1%) 89 (46.6%)
uVNTR 3.5R 64 (66.0%) 109 (58.0%) 0.190 0.71 (0.427–1.185)
4.5R 33 (34.0%) 79 (42.0%)
Allele/genotype ADHD-girls Control-girls p-value a OR (95% CI)
Rs6323 G 65 (61.3%) 152 (58.0%) 0.559 0.87 (0.549–1.393)
T 41 (38.7%) 110 (42.0%)
G/G 16 (30.2%) 48 (36.7%) - Reference
G/T 33 (62.3%) 56 (42.7%) 0.114 1.77 (0.869–3.598)
T/T 4 (7.5%) 27 (20.6%) 0.175 0.44 (0.135–1.465)
p-value b 0.023 * 0.161
Dominant G/G 16 (30.2%) 48 (36.6%) 0.400 0.75 (0.380–1.480)
G/T+T/T 37 (69.8%) 83 (63.4%)
Recessive G/G+G/T 49 (92.5%) 104 (79.4%) 0.022 * 0.31 (0.100–0.950)
T/T 4 (7.5%) 27 (20.6%)
Over-dominant G/G+T/T 20 (37.7%) 75 (57.2%) 0.016 * 2.21 (1.150–4.250)
G/T 33 (62.3%) 56 (42.8%)
uVNTR 3.5R 62 (60.8%) 150 (59.5%) 0.826 1.05 (0.658–1.687)
4.5R 40 (39.2%) 102 (40.5%)
3.5R/3.5R 17 (33.3%) 48 (38.1%) - Reference
3.5R/4.5R 28 (54.9%) 54 (42.9%) 0.296 0.68 (0.330–1.400)
4.5R/4.5R 6 (11.8%) 24 (19.0%) 0.515 1.42 (0.490–4.060)
p-value b 0.279 0.214
Dominant 3.5R/3.5R 17 (33.3%) 48 (38.1%) 0.550 0.81 (0.410–1.610)
3.5R/4.5R+4.5R/4.5R 34 (66.7%) 78 (61.9%)
Recessive 3.5R/3.5R+3.5R/4.5R 45 (88.2%) 102 (81.5%) 0.230 1.76 (0.680–4.610)
4.5R/4.5R 6 (11.8%) 24 (19.1%)
Over-dominant 3.5R/3.5R+4.5R/4.5R 23 (45.1%) 72 (57.1%) 0.150 0.62 (0.320–1.190)
3.5R/4.5R 28 (54.9%) 54 (42.9%)

* p < 0.05; a The Chi-square p-value; b Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium p-value. The samples who have 2.5 or 5.5 repeats of uVNTR were excluded because of the small sample size.