The allelic distribution of -308 Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha gene polymorphism in South African women with cervical cancer and control women

Table 3 Distribution (%) of -308 TNF-α genotypes in the combined South African control population groups and other populations.

Genotype	*South African n = 228 n (%)	^China (North) n = 300 n (%)	^#Italy (North) n = 216 n (%)	⁺Korea (South) n = 92 n (%)	^†Manchester n = 106 n (%)	^§Zimbabwe n = 101 n (%)
GG	172 (78)	274 (91)	172 (80)	85 (92.4)	65 (61)	81 (80)
AG	46 (20)	24 (8)	41 (19)	7 (7.6)	24 (23)	18 (18)
AA	10 (4)	2 (0.7)	3 (1)	0	17 (16)	2 (2)

*Combined Black and mixed race control groups in this study (There were no differences in the distribution of the -308 TNF-α alleles between the two South African ethnic populations, thus the data was combined to compare genotype distributions to other population groups).
Data reported by ˆ[25]; ^#[26]; ⁺[14]; ^†[24]; ^§[21].

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