Distribution and effects of polymorphic RANTES gene alleles in HIV/HCV coinfection – A prospective cross-sectional study

Table 1 Distribution of RANTES-403/-28 haplotypes

Haplotype		HIV	HIV/HCV	HCV	Controls
403	28
G	C	71.7%	84.0%	80.8%	84.2%
A	G	5.4%	1.3%	1.8%	2.9%
A	C	22.9%	14.2%	17.4%	12.9%
G	G	- - -	0.5%	- - -	- - -
Haplotype pair (-403/-28)		HIV123	HIV/HCV	HCV	Controls
G/C	G/C	41 (49.4%)	82 (70.7%)	71 (63.4%)	73 (69.5%)
G/C	G/G	- - -	1 (0.9%)	- - -	- - -
G/C	A/C	28 (33.7%)	28 (24.1%)	37 (33.0%)	25 (23.8%)
G/C	A/G	9 (10.8%)	2 (1.7%)	2 (1.8%)	6 (5.7%)
A/C	A/C	5 (6.0%)	2 (1.7%)	- - -	1 (1.0%)
A/C	A/G	- - -	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.8%)	- - -

¹vs HIV P = 0.002;

²vs HIV/HCV P = 0.006;

³vs controls P = 0.019.