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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The frequencies of Factor V Leiden and the beta-fibrinogen 448 A allele were higher in patients with no flow-limiting stenosis than in patients with > or = 1 stenosis (11. 7 % vs 3. 6 %, odds ratio [OR] 3. 6, 95 % CI 1. 3-9. 4, P =. 015 ; and 42 % vs 27 %, OR 2. 0, 95 % CI 1. 1-3. 5, P =. 018, respectively), and there was a trend toward an increased frequency of prothrombin variant G20210A (6. 7 % vs 2. 1 %, OR 3. 4, 95 % CI 0. 95-11. 8, P =. 069).