Research Article

Upregulation of Soluble HLA-G in Chronic Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction

Table 3

Distribution of genotypes of the 14 bp insertion/deletion polymorphism in the 3′-untranslated region of the HLA-G gene in relation to left ventricular ejection fraction.

Ejection fractionDel 14 bp/Del 14 bpDel 14 bp/Ins 14 bpIns 14 bp/Ins 14 bpTotal

>50%61 (39.6%)66 (42.9%)27 (17.5%)154 (100.0%)
40% to 50%17 (37.8%)17 (37.8%)11 (24.4%)45 (100.0%)
30% to 40%12 (40.0%)16 (53.3%)2 (6.7%)30 (100.0%)
<30%12 (38.7%)16 (51.6%)3 (9.7%)31 (100.0%)

>40%78 (39.2%)83 (41.7%)38 (19.1%)199 (100.0%)
<40%24 (39.3%)32 (52.5%)5 (8.2%)61 (100.0%)

(Chi-Square test, 0.40, df = 2); (Chi-Square test, 4.57, df = 2).