An NOS3 Haplotype Is Protective against Hypertension in a Caucasian Population

Table 5

NOS3 haplotype distribution in cases and controls.

Haplotype^(a)	Cases (%)	Controls (%)	P-value
T-b-G*	47.2	43.1	.26
C-b-T*	26.4	20.9	.07
C-a-G*	11.9	13.7	.43
T-b-T*	7.9	11.5	.09
C-b-G*	3.7	4.1	.77
T-a-G*	2	5.5	.02
other	0.9	1.2	—
Global test of association			.03

^(a)The order of variants in the inferred haplotypes is [T786C-4a/b-G894T] in order to correspond to the physical location of these variants in the NOS3 gene.