However, by analyzing 164 AP patients in the UK, Makhija et al. [45] showed that the MIF-173 (rs755622) polymorphism correlated with AP rather than with SAP and that the MIF-173C allele was significantly increased in AP patients (patients 58/320, 18.1% versus controls 47/394, 11.9%; P = 0.025). The gene discussed is MIF; the disease is alkaline phosphatase measurement.