Table 3

Frequency (%) of 5′ALR2 microsatallite genotypes in patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and normal controls

Genotype		Patient subgroup		Controls (n=102)
Genotype		Uncomplicated (n=38)	Short duration (n=43)	Controls (n=102)		Neuropathic patients (n=78)
Z/Z	10.5 (4)	16.3 (7)	14.1 (11)	25.5 (26)
Z−2/Z−2	2.6 (1)	9.3 (4)	10.3 (8)	9.8 (10)
Z+2/Z+2	10.5 (4)	14.0 (6)	1.3 (1)	11.8 (12)
Z/Z−2	10.5 (4)	14.0 (6)	30.8^3-151 (24)	15.7 (16)
Z/Z+2	44.7 (17)	20.9 (9)	14.0^3-150 (11)	17.6 (18)
Z−2/Z+2	5.3 (2)	4.6 (2)	7.7 (11)	4.9 (5)
Other	15.8 (6)	20.9 (9)	21.8 (17)	14.7 (15)

Numbers in parentheses are the actual numbers.
↵3-150 Frequency in uncomplicated v neuropathic patients χ² = 13, p < 0.0005, pc = 0.005.
↵3-151 Frequency in short duration v neuropathic patients χ² = 7.2, p < 0.01, pc = NS.