Die Verteilung der Haptoglobin-Phänotypen und Haptoglobin-Allele bei der Lungentuberkulose

The frequency of the three most common haptoglobin-phenotypes and haptoglobin-alleles has been determined in 684 propositi with pulmonary tuberculosis. The distribution in this disease has been compared with 685 serum samples of healthy inhabitants of Süd-Niedersachsen with a Hp¹ frequency of 0.4058. The frequency of the gene Hp¹ in pulmonary tuberculosis is 0.4232, in open pulmonary tuberculosis (n=328) 0.4278 and in closed pulmonary tuberculosis (n=356) 0.4199. The differences are statistically not significant in the several comparsions. There are no correlations between serum haptoglobins and pulmonary tuberculosis.