Table 4.

Haplotypes formed by the BsmI, ApaI, and TaqI polymorphisms of the VDR gene evaluated in all individuals (leprosy per se patients and controls) and MB clinical form (MB patients and controls) and age cross-classification interaction.

	All individuals frequencies			MB and controls frequencies
BsmI, ApaI, and TaqI		Age < 40	Age ≥ 40		Age < 40	Age ≥ 40
Haplotypes	(N = 836)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	(N = 742)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
baT	0.4207	Ref.		0.4229	Ref.
BAt	0.3167			0.3138		1.34 (1.04–1.73)
bAT	0.1719			0.1686
TAB	0.0416			0.0414
bAt	0.0279		0.26 (0.09–0.76)	0.0294		0.24 (0.07–0.78)
rare	0.0213			0.0238

MB, Multibacillary; N, population size; P, P value; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.