Table 1 Chi square and Likelihood estimates of alleles – 12, 13 at microsatellite D5S818; alleles – 6 and 9 at microsatellite TH01 markers (Significance level = 1%) and malaria susceptibility and resistance.
From: Host microsatellite alleles in malaria predisposition?
Malaria parasite | Chi-Square values | Likelihood-test estimates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
D5S818 | ||||
Normal (allele-12) | Disease (allele-13) | Associated with infection (allele-13) | Non-associated with infection (allele-12) | |
P. falciparum | 184.65 | 109.04 | 3.56 | 2.22 × 10-4 |
TH01 | ||||
Normal (allele-6) | Disease (allele-9) | Associated with infection (allele-9) | Non-associated with infection (allele-6) | |
P. falciparum | 140.542 | 128.922 | 1.75 | 9.61 × 10-2 |