From: The MHC2TA-168A>G gene polymorphism is not associated with rheumatoid arthritis in Austrian patients
Austrian cohort | Swedish cohort [12] | |||||
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RA patients (n = 362) | Matched controls (n = 351) | Additional controls (n = 1,709) | RA patients (n = 1262) | Matched controls (n = 704) | Additional controls (n = 1,599) | |
MHC2TA -168 AA genotype | 184 (50.8)* | 172 (49.0)† | 894 (52.3)‡ | 728 (57.7) | 449 (63.8) | 989 (61.9) |
MHC2TA -168 AG genotype | 155 (42.8) | 142 (40.5) | 669 (39.1) | 451 (35.7) | 221 (31.4) | 528 (33.0) |
MHC2TA -168 GG genotype | 23 (6.4) | 37 (10.5) | 146 (8.5) | 83 (6.6) | 34 (4.8) | 82 (5.1) |
MHC2TA -168G allele frequency | 0.278 | 0.308 | 0.281 | 0.244 | 0.205 | 0.216 |