Table 2

Characterisation of DNA sequence variants in the FcεRI-β gene

GenotypeC/CC/TT/TPhenotype p
5′ untranscribed region polymorphism (position 243)
Asthma
 No6155
 Yes111716
0.232
Atopy
 No5107
 Yes122214
0.967
BHR
 No6117
 Yes112013
0.999
Intron III polymorphism (position 4390)
Asthma
 No676
 Yes91813
0.732
Atopy
 No478
 Yes111811
0.530
BHR
 No6105
 Yes91214
0.438