Research Article

Association of Leptin Gene Polymorphisms with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Chinese Population

Table 3

Associations of leptin gene polymorphisms with risk of different serotypes of RA.

SNPClinical featuresGenotype [ (%)] valueAllele [ (%)] value
Allele (M/m)GroupMMMmmmMm

rs10244329 (A/T)Anti-CCPPositive270 (55.44)186 (38.19)31 (6.37)0.583726 (74.54)248 (25.46)0.314
Negative45 (60.81)26 (35.14)3 (4.05)116 (78.38)32 (21.62)
RFPositive262 (54.60)187 (39.04)30 (6.26)0.319711 (74.22)247 (25.78)0.129
Negative61 (62.89)32 (32.99)4 (4.12)154 (79.38)40 (20.62)
rs2071045 (C/T)Anti-CCPPositive159 (32.65)232 (47.64)96 (19.71)0.215550 (56.47)424 (43.53)0.825
Negative21 (28.38)43 (58.11)10 (13.51)85 (57.43)63 (42.57)
RFPositive153 (31.94)232 (48.43)94 (19.63)0.607538 (56.16)420 (43.84)0.351
Negative34 (35.05)48 (49.48)15 (15.46)116 (59.79)78 (40.21)
rs2167270 (G/A)Anti-CCPPositive294 (60.37)173 (35.52)20 (4.11)0.973761 (78.13)213 (21.87)0.234
Negative52 (70.27)18 (24.32)4 (5.41)122 (82.43)26 (17.57)
RFPositive290 (60.54)168 (35.07)21 (4.39)0.373748 (78.08)210 (21.92)0.179
Negative66 (68.04)28 (28.87)3 (3.09)160 (82.47)34 (17.53)

M: major alleles; m: minor alleles; : number; SNP: single nucleotide polymorphism.