Research Article

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

Table 2

The frequencies (and proportions) of the I and D alleles of the ACE gene among the controls and the subjects with PCa or BPH.

AllelesControlAffected OR95% CI values

A. Control group versus PCa group
I50 (0.36)57 (0.41)1
D88 (0.64)81 (0.59)1.240.76–2.010.387

B. Control group versus BPH group
I50 (0.36)50 (0.36)1
D88 (0.64)88 (0.64)1.000.61–1.631.00

C. Control group versus the combined PCa and BPH groups
I50 (0.36)107 (0.39)1
D88 (0.64)169 (0.61)1.110.73–1.700.616