Research Article

HBV Viral Load and Liver Enzyme Levels May Be Associated with the Wild MBL2 AA Genotype

Table 2

Distribution of genotypic and allelic frequencies of polymorphisms of exon 1 of the MBL2 gene (rs1800450, rs1800451, and rs5030737) in the samples from patients infected with HBV and HCV and control samples.

Genetic profileHBVHCVControl
(%) (%) (%)

Genotypes
AA37 (56.9)52 (56.5)167 (55.7)0.9942
AO25 (38.5)36 (39.1)123 (41.0)0.8474
AB16 (24.6)28 (30.4)91 (30.3)0.8763
AC07 (10.8)08 (08.7)18 (06.0)
AD02 (03.1)14 (04.7)
OO03 (04.6)04 (04.4)10 (03.3)
BB
BC02 (03.1)03 (03.3)05 (01.7)
BD01 (01.5)01 (01.1)04 (01.3)
CC
CD01 (00.3)
DD
Alleles
A0.7620.7610.7620.9891
O0.2380.2390.2380.9975
B0.1460.1740.1660.9823
C0.0690.0600.040
D0.0230.0050.032

-test, genotypes and Fisher’s exact test, alleles. HBV: hepatitis B virus and HCV: hepatitis C virus. HBV versus HCV; HBV versus Control; and HCV versus Control.