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.
| Parameters | Asthma | Controls |
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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 |
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P values were obtained by “t-test” analysis using SPSS 12 software.
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