Table 5

Population attributable risk percentage of STAT4 rs7574865 under the dominant model

Population [reference]

Frequency of (T/T+T/G)

Odds ratio

PAR%

Japanese (this study)

56.5%

2.19

40.2%

Japanese (TWMU) [12]

52.3%

1.81

29.7%

Japanese (RIKEN) [12]

51.7%

1.51

20.8%

Japanese (Tokushima/Fukuoka) [12]

51.9%

2.07

35.8%

Americans of European descent [8]

41.2%

1.59

19.5%

Colombians [11]

51.7%

1.87

31.0%

PAR%, population attributable risk percentage; RIKEN, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Japan; STAT, signal transducers and activators of transcription; TWMU, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

Kawasaki et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008 10:R113   doi:10.1186/ar2516