Table 2

Allele and genotype frequencies for the G to T transversion at position −1359 in the promoter region of the CD14 gene

Coeliac patients
BaseHLA-DQ2 or DQ-8 n=115)Neither HLA-DQ2 nor DQ-8 (n= 37)Healthy controls (n=180)
*Allelic frequency (Fisher’s exact test): typical v atypical HLA coeliac patients: p=0.631; typical HLA coeliac patients v healthy controls: p=0.251; atypical HLA coeliac patients v healthy controls: p=0.172.
§Genotype frequency (3×2 contingency tables): typical HLA coeliac patients v atypical HLA coeliac patients: χ2=2.680, p=0.262; typical HLA coeliac patients v healthy controls: χ2=4.19, p=0.123; atypical HLA coeliac patients v healthy controls: χ2=12.640, p=0.0018.
*G0.800.770.84
185/23057/74304/360
T0.200.230.16
45/23017/7456/360
§G/G0.670.670.70
77/11525/37127/180
G/T0.270.190.28
31/1157/3750/180
T/T0.060.140.02
7/1155/373/180