Genetic Polymorphisms of IL17 and Chagas Disease in the South and Southeast of Brazil

Table 1

Characteristics of the chronic Chagas disease patients and controls from South and Southeast of Brazil.

	CD patients	CCC	Without CCC	Control
	Gender (%)
Male	121 (46.5)	97 (45.8)	24 (50.0)	74 (49.3)
Female	139 (53.5)	115 (54.2)	24 (50.0)	76 (50.7)
Age
Min-max	31–90	31–90	38–76	28–100
Mean ± SD (year)	62.9 ± 10.0	63.9 ± 10.2	58.6 ± 7.8	62.3 ± 17.4

CCC, patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy; Min, minimum age; Max, maximum age; SD, standard deviation.
No statistically significant difference was observed between the groups for gender.
Statistically significant difference was observed between the groups for age: CCC versus without CCC.