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
()
(%)
ORTSP/HAM
()
(%)
Asymptomatic
()
(%)
OR

Genotype
 CC24 (30.38)80 (26.67)1.20000.605609 (34.61)15 (28.30)1.34120.7543
 CT35 (44.30)150 (50.00)0.79550.438509 (34.61)26 (49.06)0.54980.3305
 TT20 (25.32)70 (23.33)1.11380.825908 (30.77)12 (22.64)1.51850.6133
Allele
 C83 (52.53)310 (51.67)1.03530.917127 (51.92)56 (52.83)0.96430.9504
 T75 (47.47)290 (48.33)25 (48.08)50 (47.17)

OR: odds ratio.