Table 2.

Genotype and allele distributions for FAS −670 A/G and 1377G/A polymorphisms in study groups.

FASa Genotype and allele distributions 670A/G polymorphism	Patients (nb=125)	Control (n=101)
AA, (n/%)	27/21.6	28/27.7
GG, (n/%)	62/49.6c	20/19.8
AG, (n/%)	36/28.8	53/52.5*
A, (n/%)	90/36	109/53.9*
G, (n/%)	160/64	93/46.1
FAS 1377G/A polymorphism	Patients (n=125)	Control (n=101)
G, (n/%)	8/6.4	68/67.3*
AA, (n/%)	37/29.6*	4/4
GA, (n/%)	80/64d	29/28.7
G, (n/%)	96/38.4	165/81.7*
A, (n/%)	154/61.6*	37/18.3

^aFAS: first apoptosis signal.

^bn: number of people.

^cp<0.001.

^dtotal patient versus control group.