Table 2.
VNTR cluster rates of the indigenous sublineages in six distinct populations.
| Sublineages | Individual County Sitea | All Sites | Odds Ratio | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GX | HLJ | HN | SC | SD | SH | ||||
| L2.3 | 41% (24/58) |
66% (95/145) |
57% (70/123) |
23% (15/65) |
61% (76/125) |
58% (132/226) |
56% (412/742) |
1 | - |
| L2.2 | 31% (15/49) |
42% (5/12) |
40% (17/42) |
16% (7/45) |
25% (6/24) |
36% (29/80) |
31% (79/252) |
0.366 [0.267–0.500] |
<0.0001 |
| L4.2 | 13% (2/16) |
0% (0/0) |
22% (2/9) |
24% (4/17) |
0% (0/5) |
36% (8/22) |
23% (16/69) |
0.242 [0.127–0.440] |
<0.0001 |
| L4.4 | 20% (4/20) |
60% (6/10) |
0% (0/3) |
0% (0/23) |
27% (4/15) |
0% (0/17) |
16% (14/88) |
0.152 [0.078–0.277] |
<0.0001 |
| L4.5 | 40% (6/15) |
13% (2/15) |
0% (0/8) |
23% (10/44) |
26% (5/19) |
8% (2/25) |
20% (25/126) |
0.198 [0.120–0.319] |
<0.0001 |
a
The six county sites refer to the population sites, from which the MTBC isolates were collected through population-based approach from 2009 to 2010. GX refers to Guangxi, HLJ refers to Heilongjiang, HN refers to Henan, SC refers to Sichuan, SD refers to Shandong and SH refers to Shanghai.