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. 2020 Jul 29;15(3):299–307. doi: 10.18502/jovr.v15i3.7448

Table 2.

Genotype and allelic frequencies of COL4A4 rs2228557 and TIMP-1 rs4898 polymorphisms between keratoconus (KC) patients and healthy controls.


Variants KC Patients n (%) Controls n (%) *OR (95% CI) P -value
rs2228557,COL4A4
CC 67 (47.8) 61 (40.7) Ref.
CT 39 (27.9) 37 (24.7) 0.96 (0.54–1.69) 0.887
TT 34 (24.3) 52 (34.6) 0.59 (0.34–1.03) 0.067
Allele
C 173 (61.8) 159 (53) Ref.
T 107 (38.2) 141 (47) 0.69 (0.50–0.97) 0.035
rs4898,TIMP-1 Male Male
CY 46 (75.4) 37 (57) Ref.
TY 15 (24.6) 28 (43) 0.43 (0.20–0.92) 0.038
Female Female
CC 28 (47.5) 31 (52.5) Ref.
CT 29 (49.2) 30 (50.8) 1.01 (0.46–2.19) 0.97
TT 22 (47.8) 24 (52.2) 1.07 (0.52–2.20) 0.854
Allele
C 85 (53.8) 92 (54.1) Ref.
T 73 (46.2) 78 (45.9) 1.01 (0.66–1.56) 0.953
Ref., reference; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; n, number *Adjusted for sex and age. (Y states for the Y-chromosome)