C1q Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Population
2.2. Analysis of C1q rs292001 (G > A) SNP
2.3. Statistics
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Genotypes | Cases N = 75 | Controls N = 75 | p-Value | OR (95% CI) | HWE a 0.738 (0.234) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GG | 31 (41.4%) | 24 (32%) | 0.048 | 2.952 (1.052–7.542) | |
GA | 37 (49.3%) | 35 (46.7%) | 0.595 | 1.222 (0.602–2.526) | |
AA | 7 (9.3%) | 16 (21.3%) | |||
Alleles | N = 150 | N = 150 | |||
G | 99 (66%) | 83 (55.3%) | 0.076 | 1.567 (0.972–2.483) | |
A | 51 (34%) | 67 (46.7%) |
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Matthiopoulou, G.; Zervou, M.I.; Stathopoulou, C.; Ioannou, P.; Papadakis, J.A.; Daraki, V.N.; Pappas, A.; Souris, S.; Samonis, G.; Goulielmos, G.N.; et al. C1q Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Medicina 2022, 58, 750. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58060750
Matthiopoulou G, Zervou MI, Stathopoulou C, Ioannou P, Papadakis JA, Daraki VN, Pappas A, Souris S, Samonis G, Goulielmos GN, et al. C1q Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Medicina. 2022; 58(6):750. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58060750
Chicago/Turabian StyleMatthiopoulou, Georgia, Maria I. Zervou, Chrysoula Stathopoulou, Petros Ioannou, John A. Papadakis, Vasiliki N. Daraki, Angelos Pappas, Sotiris Souris, George Samonis, George N. Goulielmos, and et al. 2022. "C1q Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus" Medicina 58, no. 6: 750. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58060750