Volume 5, Number 5—October 1999
Research
Influence of Host Genetics on the Severity of Coccidioidomycosis
Table 3
Phenotype | ||||||
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Ethnic group | A | AB | B | O | N | |
Hispanica | Severe | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.62 | 50 |
Mild | 0.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 32 | |
Controlsb | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.27 | 0.56 | 335 | |
Caucasian | Severe | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.44 | 27 |
Mild | 0.46 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.40 | 50 | |
Controlsb | 0.41 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.45 | 8,962 | |
African- | Severe | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 0.68 | 25 |
American | Controlsb | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.50 | 1,540 |
aABO phenotype distribution for cases and controls among Hispanics, p < 0.001
bPopulation control frequencies from Mourant, 1976 (17)
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