Table 4.
Allele frequencies of the IL-1B-3954 polymorphism including also subgroup analysis.
| AlleleIL-1B3954 | Symptomatic Arthroplasty patients (n=102) | Arthroplasty control patients (n=93) | p(Fisher´s exact test) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allele frequencies (n=204) | [%] | Allele frequencies (n=186) | [%] | |||
| Overall | C | 150 | 73.5 | 147 | 79.0 | 0.234 |
| T | 54 | 26.5 | 39 | 21.0 | ||
| With atopy | C | 37 | 74.0 | 22 | 73.3 | 1.000 |
| T | 13 | 26.0 | 8 | 26.7 | ||
|
No
atopy |
C | 110 | 73.3 | 125 | 80.1 | 0.177 |
| T | 40 | 26.7 | 31 | 19.9 | ||
| Patch test pos | C | 37 | 77.1 | 20 | 76.9 | 1.000 |
| T | 11 | 22.9 | 6 | 23.1 | ||
| Patch test neg | C | 113 | 72.4 | 127 | 79.4 | 0.188 |
| T | 43 | 27.6 | 33 | 20.6 | ||
| LTT pos | C | 41 | 70.7 | 26 | 72.2 | 1.000 |
| T | 17 | 29.3 | 10 | 27.8 | ||
| LTT neg | C | 77 | 71.3 | 93 | 81.6 | 0.082 |
| T | 31 | 28.7 | 21 | 18.4 | ||
Results of the Fisher´s exact test are given.