Table 1

Chi square and Likelihood estimates of alleles – 12, 13 at microsatellite D5S818; alleles – 6 and 9 at microsatellite TH01 markers (Significance level = 1%) and malaria susceptibility and resistance.

Malaria parasite
Chi-Square values
Likelihood-test estimates



D5S818

Normal (allele-12)
Disease (allele-13)
Associated with infection (allele-13)
Non-associated with infection (allele-12)
P. falciparum
184.65
109.04
3.56
2.22 × 10-4


TH01

Normal (allele-6)
Disease (allele-9)
Associated with infection (allele-9)
Non-associated with infection (allele-6)
P. falciparum
140.542
128.922
1.75
9.61 × 10-2

Gaikwad et al. Malaria Journal 2005 4:50   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-4-50