Table 4

 Distribution of MBL2 genotypes according to FEV1% in patients aged 12 to 15 years

Structural variantsGenotypeMean difference95% confidence intervalp value
AA AO+OO
Mean FEV1% predicted (standard deviation) 71.8 (22.5)64.8 (22.1)7.0−1.5 to 15.60.10
No>70% FEV1 (%) n = 59 37 (62.7%)22 (37.3%)0.51
No<70% FEV1 (%) n = 53 30 (56.6%)23 (43.4%)
No>90% FEV1 (%) n = 23 20 (87.0%)3 (13.0%)0.002
No<90% FEV1 (%) n = 89 47 (52.8%)42 (47.2%)
Structural or promoter variantsHigh*Low
*High is AA-YY+AA-YX.
Low is AA-XX, AO-XX, AO-XY and OO-YY.
Mean FEV1% predicted (standard deviation) 72.2 (22.9)65.3 (22.7)6.9−1.4 to 15.30.10
No>70% FEV1 (%) n = 59 34 (57.6%)25 (42.4%)0.36
No<70% FEV1 (%) n = 53 26 (49.1%)27 (50.9%)
No>90% FEV1 (%) n = 23 18 (78.3%)5 (21.7%)0.006
No<90% FEV1 (%) n = 89 42 (47.2%)47 (52.8%)