Table 2.

Frequency of HFE genotypes in PCT patients and controls

Genotype PCT n = 87 Control n = 56P Value
Cys282Tyr/Cys282Tyr  17 (19%)  .0001  
Cys282Tyr/WT  13 (15%)  7 (13%)  .8061 
Cys282Tyr/His63Asp  6 (7%)  0  .0447 
His63Asp/His63Asp  6 (7%)  1 (2%)  .2460 
His63Asp/WT  13 (15%)  10 (18%)  .6480  
WT/WT 32 (37%)  38 (68%)  .0003 
Genotype PCT n = 87 Control n = 56P Value
Cys282Tyr/Cys282Tyr  17 (19%)  .0001  
Cys282Tyr/WT  13 (15%)  7 (13%)  .8061 
Cys282Tyr/His63Asp  6 (7%)  0  .0447 
His63Asp/His63Asp  6 (7%)  1 (2%)  .2460 
His63Asp/WT  13 (15%)  10 (18%)  .6480  
WT/WT 32 (37%)  38 (68%)  .0003 

Controls were members of the Utah hemochromatosis pedigrees, who shared no HLA haplotypes with the pedigree proband.20P values were calculated with the Fisher exact test. WT indicates wild type.

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