Research Article
Characterization of a Novel Polymorphism in PPARG Regulatory Region Associated with Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy in Italy
Table 4
Genotypes and -2819G
frequency in diabetic women with and without proliferative retinopathy (statistical significant
values are in bold).
(a) |
| | Diabetic female with background retinopathy | Diabetic female with proliferative retinopathy |
| n | 55 | 57 |
| A-2819G | | |
| A/A | 43 (78%) | 34 (60%) | A/G | 11 (22%) | 21 (36.7%) | G/G | 0 (0%) | 2 (3.3%) |
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(b) |
| SNP | Risk allele | Frequency of risk allele | | Risk allele odds ratio (95% C.I.) | P value; statistical power (%) |
| A-2819G | G | Diabetic female with background retinopathy | Diabetic female with proliferative retinopathy | Background/proliferative | Background/proliferative |
| | | 0.11 | 0.22 | 2.30 () | |
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