Research Article
Association of Optic Neuritis with CYP4F2 Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and IL-17A Concentration
Table 4
Frequency of CYP4F2 rs1558139 genotypes and alleles in the groups of optic neuritis (ON) patients with and without MS by gender.
| Gene | Genotype/allele | Frequency (%) | ON without MS group n (%) | value | ON with MS group n (%) | value | Women
| Men
| Women
| Men
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| CYP4F2 rs1558139 | Genotype | | | | | | | G/G | 3 (27) | 1 (14.3) | 1.000 | 6 (32.1) | 4 (66.7) | 0.362 | G/A | 9 (75) | 2 (28.6) | 0.074 | 5 (53.6) | 2 (33.3) | 1.000 | A/A | 0 (0) | 4 (57.1) | 0.009 | 4 (14.3) | 0 (0) | 0.281 | Total | 12 (100) | 7 (100) | | 15 (100) | 6 (100) | | Allele | | | | | | | G | 15 (62.5) | 4 (28.6) | 0.044 | 17 (56.7) | 10 (83.33) | 0.158 | A | 9 (37.5) | 10 (71.4) | | 13 (43.3) | 2 (16.67) | |
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ON: optic neuritis; MS: multiple sclerosis: value: significance level (alpha = 0.05). |