Table 1

Summary of CTSD rs17571:C>T SNP genotyping and statistical analysis for vCJD patients and UK controls [29].

CTSD rs17571: C>T SNP
vCJD n (%)
Controls n (%)
Fisher's exact test p-value
OR (95% CI); p-value

CC
89 (80.9)
648 (84.5)
0.023
OR TT/CC = 10.92 (1.80–66.26); 0.009
CT
18 (16.4)
117 (15.3)

OR TT/CT = 9.75 (1.52–62.47); 0.016
TT
3 (2.7)
2 (0.3)


C
196 (89.1)
1413 (92.1)
0.13
OR T/C = 1.43 (0.90–2.27); 0.11
T
24 (10.9)
121 (7.9)



Bishop et al. BMC Medical Genetics 2008 9:31   doi:10.1186/1471-2350-9-31