Genetic variants in mannose receptor gene (MRC1) confer susceptibility to increased risk of sarcoidosis

BMC Medical Genetics

Table 2 Characteristics of 605 Japanese subjects

Japanese population	Control (n = 424)	Sarcoidosis (n = 181)	Pvalue
Male (%)*	65.3	30.9	<0.05
Age (median, range) ^†	38, 18-72	45, 10-78	<0.05
Stage (0/I/II/III/IV)	-	21/90/59/11/0
Occular lesion (%)	-	54.7
Cutaneous lesion (%)	-	17.7
Cardiac lesion (%)	-	7.2

Data are presented as median (interquartile range). * χ² test † Mann-Whiteney U test

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