Table 1.

Lymphotoxin-α (LTA) 252 genotype and allele frequencies. Values calculated with the G/G genotype as reference.

Patients with RA, n = 388Control Subjects, n = 269pOR (95% CI)
LTA 252 genotypes
  A/A197 (50.8%)117 (43.5%)0.0251.772 (1.076–2.921)
  A/G153 (39.4%)112 (41.6%)0.1601.438 (0.867–2.386)
  G/G38 (9.8%)40 (14.9%)
Allele frequency
  A allele547 (70.5%)346 (64.3%)0.0181.325 (1.049–1.675)
  G allele229 (29.5%)192 (35.7%)0.0180.754 (0.597–0.954)