Table 3: Summary of Studies on CTGF*-945C/G Dimorphism in Patients with SSc

Author (Year) Country (Ethnicity) N (Healthy Control, SSc) % GG Frequency p Value
Healthy Control SSc
Fonseca (2007) United Kingdom (Caucasian) 1,000 (500, 500) 19.2 30.4 < 0.001
Gourh (2008) North America (Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic-American) 1,662 (668, 994) 29.8 29.0 0.83
Kawaguchi (2009) Japan (Japanese) 664 (269, 395) 22 32 0.002
Rueda (2009) European ancestry (Multi-national) 4,211 (98-317, 98-369) 24.4-29.9 26.6-33.7 0.11-0.75
Granel (2010) France (Caucasian) 510 (269, 241) 30.9 22.8 0.61
Present study Thailand (Thai) 149 (99, 50) 44.0 39.4 0.60