Research Article

Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Gene Polymorphism (T29C) in Egyptian Patients with Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Preliminary Study

Table 2

Genotype and allelic frequencies of the TGF-β1 T29C in patients with hepatitis B and healthy controls.

SNPHBV group
( )
Control group
( )
P OR (95% CI)

Genotype frequency (N, %)
T/T11 (16.9%)12 (44.4%) 0.2546 (0.0938–0.6910)
T/C44 (67.7%)15 (55.6%)NS1.6762 (0.6680–4.2062)
C/C10 (15.4%)0 (0.0%) 10.4054 (0.5878–184.1951)
TCCC54 (83.1%)15 (55.6%) 3.2000 (1.1697–8.7541)

Allele frequency
T66 (84.6%)39 (92.6%)NS0.3966 (0.1994–0.7889)
C64 (83.1%)15 (55.6%) 2.5212 (1.2676–5.0147)