Table 4.

Association of total number of copies of factor XIIIA Leu34 and factor XIIIB Arg95 alleles and risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction


No. of factor XIII variant alleles*

No. of cases

No. of controls

Odds ratio (95% Cl)

P
0   120   329   1.00 (reference)   
1   89   265   0.91 (0.67-1.26)   .58  
2   25   114   0.58 (0.35-0.94)   .03  
3 or 4
 
0
 
13
 
0 (0.00-0.82)
 
.03
 

No. of factor XIII variant alleles*

No. of cases

No. of controls

Odds ratio (95% Cl)

P
0   120   329   1.00 (reference)   
1   89   265   0.91 (0.67-1.26)   .58  
2   25   114   0.58 (0.35-0.94)   .03  
3 or 4
 
0
 
13
 
0 (0.00-0.82)
 
.03
 
*

Total copy number of factor XIIIA Leu34 and factor XIIIB Arg95 alleles.

Odds ratios adjusted for age and race. Cl indicates confidence interval.

P value for trend of odds = .009.

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