Brief Article
Copyright ©2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2009; 15(44): 5558-5562
Published online Nov 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5558
Table 3 Frequencies of carriers of the G-allele of the -2518 MCP-1 promoter polymorphism in patients with SBP and cirrhotic control patients with ascites n (%)
-2518 MCP-1 genotypeWhole cohort (n = 106)
Alcoholic cirrhosis (n = 80)
No SBP (n = 83)SBP (n = 23)No SBP (n = 59)SBP (n = 21)
A/G or G/G52 (62.7)9 (39.1)40 (67.8)8 (38.1)
A/A31 (37.3)14 (60.9)19 (32.2)13 (61.9)