Research Article
HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis Is Not Associated with SNP rs12979860 of the IL-28B Gene
Table 1
Genotypic and allelic frequencies of the SNP rs12979860 in HTLV-1-infected patients and healthy control subjects.
| SNP rs12979860 (C>T) | HTLV patients () (%) | Control group () (%) | OR | | TSP/HAM () (%) | Asymptomatic () (%) | OR | |
| Genotype | | | | | | | | | CC | 24 (30.38) | 80 (26.67) | 1.2000 | 0.6056 | 09 (34.61) | 15 (28.30) | 1.3412 | 0.7543 | CT | 35 (44.30) | 150 (50.00) | 0.7955 | 0.4385 | 09 (34.61) | 26 (49.06) | 0.5498 | 0.3305 | TT | 20 (25.32) | 70 (23.33) | 1.1138 | 0.8259 | 08 (30.77) | 12 (22.64) | 1.5185 | 0.6133 | Allele | | | | | | | | | C | 83 (52.53) | 310 (51.67) | 1.0353 | 0.9171 | 27 (51.92) | 56 (52.83) | 0.9643 | 0.9504 | T | 75 (47.47) | 290 (48.33) | 25 (48.08) | 50 (47.17) |
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OR: odds ratio.
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