Clinical Study

The α1AT and TIMP-1 Gene Polymorphism in the Development of Asthma

Table 2

Demographic and biochemical parameters of asthma patients and control subjects.

ParametersAsthmaControls * P value
(n = 202)(n = 204)

Age (mean ± SE) years 0.001
Sex (male/female)
Smoking index (mean ± SE) 0.001
Body mass index (mean ± SE) 0.009
Total IgE (mean ± SE) IU/mL 0.0001
STIC (mean ± SE) mg trypsin inhibited/mL of sample 0.001
TIMP-1 (mean ± SE) ng/mL 0.27

* P values were obtained by “t-test” analysis using SPSS 12 software.