Lymphotoxin-Alpha Gene Polymorphism +252A/G (rs909253, A/G) Is Associated with Susceptibility to Chronic Periodontitis: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Frequencies of genotypes and alleles of polymorphism in LT-α (+252 A/G).

	Controls	Chronic periodontal disease
Genotypes	(𝑃=0.0059)
LT-α GG	1 (2%)	13 (16%)
LT-α AG	17 (39%)	43 (52.5%)
LT-α AA	26 (59%)	26 (31.5%)
Allele frequencies	Odds ratio = 2.67, (𝑃=0.0019)
Allele G (1)	0.22	0.42
Allele A (2)	0.78	0.58