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Table 3 Genetic association between FOXP3 markers and SLE.

From: Low frequency of CD4+CD25+ Treg in SLE patients: a heritable trait associated with CTLA4 and TGFβ gene variants

 

Patients

Controls

   

rs 12843496 allele

Number of alleles (%)

Number of alleles (%)

χ2

P

OR (95%CI)

G

293 (96.7)

233 (100)

  

-

A

10 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

6.137

0.013

-

Total

303 (100)

233 (100)

   

FOX0 allele

     

1

7 (2.3)

4 (1.7)

0.04

0.84

1.38 (0.40–4.78)

4

189 (61.6)

121 (50.2)

6.63

0.01

1.59 (1.13–2.24)

5

97 (31.6)

93 (38.6)

2.61

0.10

0.74 (0.52–1.05)

6

11 (3.6)

19 (7.9)

4.03

0.04

0.24 (0.11–0.52)

Rare

3 (0.9)

4 (1.6)

0.10

0.75

0.81 (0.18–3.63)

Total

307 (100)

241 (100)

10.3

0.036

 

FOX5 allele

     

3

188 (63.7)

137 (57.9)

1.65

0.20

1.28 (0.90–1.82)

8

6 (2.0)

6 (2.6)

0.01

0.92

0.80 (0.25–2.49)

10

13 (4.4)

4 (1.7)

2.27

0.13

2.66 (0.86–8.28)

12

17 (5.8)

21 (8.9)

1.53

0.22

0.99 (0.54–1.80)

13

7 (2.4)

7 (3.0)

0.03

0.87

0.79 (0.27–2.29)

14

46 (15.6)

38 (16.2)

<0.01

0.95

0.96 (0.60–1.53)

15

3 (1.0)

5 (2.1)

0.43

0.51

0.47 (0.11–2.00)

16

7 (2.4)

9 (3.8)

0.52

0.47

0.61 (0.22–1.66)

18

0 (0.0)

5 (2.1)

4.26

0.04

-

Rare

8 (2.7)

4 (1.7)

0.23

0.63

1.61 (0.48–5.41)

Total

295 (100)

235 (100)

14.77

0.10

 

rs 12843496 genotypes

     

GG

136 (93.8)

77 (100)

3.51

0.06

-

GA

8 (5.5)

0 (0.0)

2.96

0.09

-

AA

1 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

0.11

0.74

-

Total

145 (100)

77 (100)

4.98

0.08

 

FOX0 genotypes

     

4/4

50 (33.8)

22 (25.3)

1.48

0.22

1.50 (0.83–2.72)

4/5

63 (42.6)

35 (40.2)

0.05

0.83

1.10 (0.64–1.88)

4/6

9 (6.1)

6 (6.9)

<0.01

0.98

0.87 (0.30–2.55)

5/5

12 (8.1)

13 (14.9)

2.02

0.16

0.50 (0.21–1.16)

Rare

14 (9.4)

11 (12.7)

0.30

0.50

0.72 (0.31–1.67)

Total

148 (100)

87 (100)

4.35

0.36

 

FOX5 genotypes

     

3/3

59 (33.8)

28 (33.3)

0.72

0.40

1.33 (0.76–2.32)

3/12

8 (5.4)

5 (6.0)

0.02

0.90

0.90 (0.29–2.85)

3/13

6 (4.1)

4 (4.8)

0.01

0.94

0.85 (0.23–3.08)

3/14

32 (21.6)

16 (19.1)

0.09

0.77

1.17 (0.60–2.29)

3/15

2 (1.4)

3 (3.6)

0.38

0.54

0.38 (0.06–2.32)

3/16

5 (3.4)

3 (3.6)

0.09

0.77

0.94 (0.22–4.05)

3/18

0 (0.0)

5 (6.0)

6.4

0.01

-

14/14

4 (2.7)

3 (3.6)

<0.01

0.98

0.75 (0.16–3.43)

Rare

32 (21.6)

17 (20.2)

0.01

0.94

1.09 (0.56–2.10)

Total

148 (100)

84 (100)

11.1

0.10

 
  1. Allele and genotype frequencies, χ2 test and Odds Ratio for the FOXP3 rs12843496, intron 0 and intron 5 microssatelites in SLE patients and healthy individuals.