Association of GT repeat alleles with atopy and atopic asthma in the British population
| Allele | No. of subjects (%) | OR (95% CI) | P value | No. of subjects (%) | OR (95% CI) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-atopic | Atopic | Non-atopic asthma | Atopic asthma | |||||
| Five common alleles in this study population are shown. | ||||||||
| P value for frequency differences of each allele v overall; *p<0.05 was considered significant. | ||||||||
| OR (95% CI), odds ratio and 95% confidence interval. | ||||||||
| GT13 | 63 (35.2) | 94 (37.9) | 1.14 (0.76 to 1.69) | 0.304 | 90 (33.2) | 67 (43.0) | 1.52 (1.02 to 2.28) | 0.027* |
| GT14 | 8 (4.5) | 8 (3.2) | 0.71 (0.27 to 1.96) | 0.342 | 11 (4.0) | 5 (3.2) | 0.79 (0.23 to 2.33) | 0.439 |
| GT15 | 80 (44.7) | 116 (46.8) | 1.10 (0.75 to 1.61) | 0.352 | 128 (47.2) | 68 (43.6) | 0.87 (0.58 to 1.30) | 0.277 |
| GT16 | 19 (10.6) | 17 (6.9) | 0.63 (0.31 to 1.23) | 0.118 | 29 (10.7) | 7 (4.4) | 0.39 (0.17 to 0.92) | 0.018* |
| GT17 | 9 (5.0) | 13 (5.2) | 1.05 (0.44 to 2.50) | 0.548 | 13 (4.8) | 9 (5.8) | 1.22 (0.51 to 2.94) | 0.407 |