Clinical Study

The rs2071559 AA VEGFR-2 Genotype Frequency Is Significantly Lower in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients

Table 2

Frequency distributions of the analyzed VEGFR-2 gene polymorphisms in 78 Controls and 120 AMD patients.

Controls
PositionGenotype 𝑛   (%)Allelic frequency n (%) 𝜒 2 Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

AA27 (34.62)89A (57.05)
67G (42.95)
rs2071559AG35 (44.87) 𝜒 2 = 0 . 5 5 5 𝑃 = 0 . 4 5 6
GG16 (20.51)

AA3 (3.85)31A (19.87)
125T (80.13)
rs1870377AT25 (32.05) 𝜒 2 = 0 . 0 0 3 𝑃 = 0 . 9 5 4
TT50 (64.10)

AMD patients

AA22 (18.33)107A (44.58)
133G (55.42)
rs2071559AG63 (52.50) 𝜒 2 = 0 . 5 6 8 𝑃 = 0 . 4 9 3
GG35 (29.17)

AA10 (8.33)63A (26.25)
177T (73.75)
rs1870377AT43 (35.83) 𝜒 2 = 0 . 6 6 6 𝑃 = 0 . 4 1 4
TT67 (55.84)