Research Article

Association of Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme Insertion/287 bp Deletion Polymorphisms and Proliferative Prostatic Diseases among Lebanese Men

Table 1

Allelic distribution of ACE gene among the control subjects (n = 69) and the subjects with BPH (n = 69) or PCa (n = 69).

GroupsObserved frequency (II : ID : DD)Expected frequency (II : ID : DD)χ2 statistic value

Control8 : 34 : 279.06 : 31.88 : 28.060.3040.581
PCa7 : 43 : 1911.77 : 33.46 : 23.775.610.018
BPH1 : 48 : 209.06 : 31.88 : 28.0617.62<0.001

Significant at the 0.05 level of significance.