CD14 promoter polymorphism in Chinese alcoholic patients with cirrhosis of liver and acute pancreatitis

Table 2 CD14 polymorphism

Groups (n)	CC	CT	TT	*C	*T
Alcoholic pancreatitis (100)	59cdfh23	39	2	0.79ab	0.21
Alcoholic cirrhosis (100)	46i	49	5	0.711	0.29
Alcoholic esophageal Ca. (82)	25	49	8	0.60	0.40
Alcoholic AVN (53)	18	33	2	0.65	0.35
Non-alcoholic pancreatitis (77)	25	43	9	0.60	0.40
Non-alcoholic controls (117)	49	62	6	0.68	0.32

C allele frequency,

^aP<0.025 vs alcoholic AVN and non-alcoholic controls;

^bP<0.001 vs esophageal carcinoma and non-alcoholic pancreatitis; ¹P=0.055 vs esophageal carcinoma.Genotype CC vs TT,

^cP<0.005 vs esophageal cancer and non-alcoholic pancreatitis;

^dP<0.001 vs alcoholic AVN.Genotype CC vs CT and TT (T– vs T+),

^fP<0.001 vs alcoholic esophageal cancer;

^hP<0.001 vs non-alcoholic pancreatitis;

²P=0.005 vs alcoholic AVN;

³P=0.017 vs non-alcoholic controls. Genotype CC vs CT and TT (T– vs T+),

ⁱP<0.05 vs alcoholic esophageal cancer.