Table 6.
Allele frequencies of the IL-1B-511 polymorphism including also subgroup analysis.
| AlleleIL-1B511 | 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 | 122 | 59.8 | 122 | 65.6 | 0.251 |
| T | 82 | 40.2 | 64 | 34.4 | ||
| With atopy | C | 25 | 50.0 | 20 | 66.7 | 0.169 |
| T | 25 | 50.0 | 10 | 33.3 | ||
|
No
atopy |
C | 95 | 63.3 | 102 | 65.4 | 0.722 |
| T | 55 | 36.7 | 54 | 34.6 | ||
| Patch test pos | C | 28 | 58.3 | 18 | 69.2 | 0.454 |
| T | 20 | 41.7 | 8 | 30.8 | ||
| Patch test neg | C | 94 | 30.3 | 104 | 65.0 | 0.416 |
| T | 62 | 39.7 | 56 | 35.0 | ||
| LTT pos | C | 33 | 56.9 | 27 | 75.0 | 0.083 |
| T | 25 | 43.1 | 9 | 25.0 | ||
| LTT neg | C | 67 | 62.0 | 69 | 60.5 | 0.891 |
| T | 41 | 38.0 | 45 | 39.5 | ||
Results of the Fisher´s exact test are given.