Table 1

Allele distribution of SOD variants in asthma associated and family based control chromosomes

MarkersAsthma associated chromosomesControl chromosomesp value*
Allele*1Allele*2Allele*1Allele*2
N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)
*According to χ2 test for SOD2 and Fisher’s exact tests for SOD1 and SOD3.
CuZnSOD intronic A>C141 (89)18 (11)127 (95)7 (5)0.09
MnSOD Ala16Val127 (51)121 (49)104 (54)89 (46)0.6
ECSOD Arg213Gly156 (98)4 (2)132 (99)2 (1)0.7