Prediction of Crohn’s disease aggression through NOD2/CARD15 gene sequencing in an Australian cohort

Table 3 Comparison of allele frequencies of nucleotide-binding oligomerisation domain 2/caspase recruitment domains 15 mutations

Study	Population	NOD2/CARD15 mutation
		3020insC	Exon 8	Exon 4
Present study	Australian	13.3%	3%	16.7%
Hugot et al[4]	European	12%	6%	11%
Hampe et al[5]	German/British	16%	-	-
Vermeire et al[10]	Canadian	10.3%	5.2%	12.9%
Cavanaugh et al[13]	Australian	7%	2%	11%

NOD2/CARD15: Nucleotide-binding oligomerisation domain 2/caspase recruitment domains 15 gene.