Research Article

Genetic Investigation of Complement Pathway Genes in Type 2 Diabetic Retinopathy: An Inflammatory Perspective

Table 5

Haplotype association of C5 gene with DR and its subtypes.

Haplotype
rs17611-
rs1548782
FrequencyAssociation (P value) (permutation test)
Total DRNPDRPDRDMDR versus DM NPDR versus DMPDR versus
DM

A-A0.640.590.690.590.0640.940.004
(0.023)
G-T0.200.230.170.200.880.290.21
G-A0.160.170.150.210.025
(0.11)
0.210.019
(0.09)

NPDR: nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR: proliferative diabetic retinopathy; DM: diabetes mellitus. association analysis results from permutation test (iterations 10,000).