The heterozygous (GA) and homozygous (AA) genotypes for Taq1B were associated with similar reductions in overall mortality of 3% (HR: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.90 to 1.04) and 11% (HR: 0.89, 95% CI: 0.82 to 0.98), respectively, compared with wild type (GG).
Ethnicity:Danish Age of cases: 20-93, followed for up to 34 years Shorter lived allele: GG Longer lived allele: non-GG Finding: Positive
Statistics - Number of cases/controls: 10261 (initial)
- p-value:
0.02
[0.02]
- Significant: Yes
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