Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphism associates with the occurrence of sudden cardiac death among Caucasian males: The Helsinki Sudden Death Study Jussi A. Hernesniemi, Pekka J. Karhunen, Riikka Rontu, Erkki Ilveskoski, Olli Kajander, Sirkka Goebeler, Leena E. Viiri, Tanja Pessi, Mikko Hurme, Terho Lehtimäki Atherosclerosis Volume 196, Issue 2, Pages 643-649 (February 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.07.018 Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 The number of sudden cardiac death (SCD) victims and those who had died from other causes such as other diseases or unnatural death (Controls) by IL-18 genotype group in two consecutive and prospective autopsy series (A series 1981–1982 and B series 1991–1992). p-values for both series were obtained by employing the two-sided exact Pearson chi-square test. Numbers in parentheses are %. Atherosclerosis 2008 196, 643-649DOI: (10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.07.018) Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions