Research Article

The Role of Haptoglobin Genotypes in Chagas Disease

Table 2

HP genotype frequencies in healthy individuals and patients with chagasic cardiac abnormalities (symptomatic).

Symptomatic
(B + C Groups)
Healthy individuals
OR

Genotypes
HP 1-1 5 (3)18 (21)0.220,03*
HP 2-1 24 (16)38 (46)0.69ns
HP  2-2 71 (47)44 (53)3.130,001*
Alleles
HP1 17 (22)37 (88)0.350,00008*
HP2 83 (110)63 (152)2.890,00008*

Note. The genotype and alleles frequencies are expressed in percentages, followed by the number of individuals or chromosomes in parentheses. OR: odds ratio, : corrected values, ns: not significant, *significant.