Table 3

 Serum total log10 immunoglobulin (Ig)E levels in the context of alleles of four repeat polymorphisms in NOS2A

Allele (repeat size)Number of allelesMean (SD)Overall p value*
*The p values are nominal and not corrected for the multiple testing.
−2.5 kb CCTTT repeat (M1)
    1 (9)242.87 (0.46)
    2 (10)612.81 (0.51)
    3 (11)632.78 (0.52)
    4 (12)763.09 (0.63)0.018
    5 (13)552.87 (0.52)
    6 (14)492.73 (0.53)
    7 (15)332.91 (0.54)
    8 (16)102.85 (0.38)
Intron 2 GT repeat (M2)
    1 (19)82.74 (0.53)
    2 (20)692.99 (1.00)
    3 (21)1952.96 (0.82)
    4 (22)862.96 (0.71)0.97
    5 (23)122.91 (0.57)
    6 (24)42.69 (0.66)
Intron 4 GT repeat (M3)
    1 (13)862.89 (0.47)
    2 (14)32.47 (0.62)
    3 (15)1742.96 (0.64)
    4 (16)622.77 (0.53)
    5 (17)22.72 (0.11)0.29
    6 (18)422.94 (0.64)
    7 (19)113.03 (0.57)
    8 (20)43.13 (0.15)
Intron 5 CA repeat (M4)
    1 (14)532.86 (0.56)
    2 (15)342.91 (0.52)
    3 (16)802.88 (0.52)
    4 (17)412.95 (0.45)
    5 (18)102.78 (0.39)
    6 (19)222.83 (0.56)0.76
    7 (20)252.89 (0.52)
    8 (21)422.76 (0.51)
    9 (22)682.82 (0.50)
    10 (23)43.18 (0.33