Insight into Gene Polymorphisms Involved in Toll-Like Receptor/Interferon Signalling Pathways for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in South East Asia

Table 1

Distribution of samples according to ethnicity and gender. The percentage of SLE patients and healthy controls was ethnic- and gender-matched.

	SLE patients	Healthy controls
Total	360	430
Malay	93 (25.8%)	110 (25.6%)
Chinese	245 (68.1%)	294 (68.4%)
Indian	22 (6.1%)	26 (6.0%)
Female : Male	10.25 : 1	10.03 : 1