Table 3 |
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Demographic distribution of cases and controls according to their genotypes and homocysteine, vitamin B12 and folic acid levels |
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Cases (CC) (n = 19) |
Cases (CT or TT) (n = 22) |
Controls (CC) (n = 21) |
Controls (CT or TT) (n = 22) |
*P-value |
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Males, n (%) |
11 (42.10) |
11 (50.00) |
10 (47.60) |
11 (50.00) |
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Chinese |
3 (27.27) |
3 (27.27) |
2 (20.00) |
2 (18.18) |
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Indian |
2 (18.18) |
2 (18.18) |
2 (20.00) |
4 (36.36) |
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Malay |
6 (54.55) |
6 (54.55) |
6 (60.00) |
5 (45.45) |
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Females, n (%) |
8 (42.10) |
11 (50.00) |
11 (52.38) |
11 (50.00) |
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Chinese |
2 (25.00) |
3 (27.27) |
3 (27.27) |
4 (36.36) |
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Indian |
3 (37.50) |
5 (45.45) |
5 (45.45) |
4 (36.36) |
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Malay |
3 (37.50) |
3 (27.27) |
3 (27.27) |
3 (27.27) |
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Age, mean ± SD |
38.41 ± 12.36 |
45.91 ± 13.17 |
43.43 ± 11.93 |
43.64 ± 10.84 |
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PASI score, mean ± SD |
9.22 ± 10.85 |
6.37 ± 4.97 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Homocysteine (μmol/L) |
14.92 ± 4.13 |
16.31 ± 4.56 |
15.42 ± 3.81 |
14.39 ± 3.59 |
[p = 0.440] |
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Vitamin B12 (pg/mL) |
482.22 ± 156.98 |
465.84 ± 210.73 |
396.38 ± 96.06 |
444.20 ± 112.19 |
[p = 0.270] |
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Folic acid (ng/mL) |
7.66 ± 3.91 |
7.24 ± 4.61 |
6.62 ± 3.19 |
9.14 ± 6.40 |
[p = 0.270] |
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* P-values obtained for the F-test for the homocysteine, vitamin B12 and folic acid levels in cases and controls with different genotypes. |
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Liew et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:1 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-1 |
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