Val103Ile polymorphism of the melanocortin-4 receptor gene (MC4R) in cancer cachexia

BMC Cancer

Table 3 Heterozygotes for the MC4R 103Ile-allele and cachexia status (as defined in Methods)

Patients with	Cachexia N = 107 *(21)* [102]	No cachexia N = 402 *(79)* [387]	Total N = 509 [489]
Heterozygotes for the 103Ile-allele	2 [0]	23 [23]	25 [23]
No Heterozygotes for the 103Ile-allele	105 [102]	379 [364]	484 [466]

Numbers in square brackets denote the number of patients without early leucaemic preliminary stages.
Numbers in parentheses denote the particular percentage.
Fisher's exact test, two sided, p-value = 0.13 [0.0068]

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