Table 3.

Effect of the IL-10 -1082 GA Polymorphism on Nosocomial Blood Stream Infections in African- American and Caucasian Infants

	African American				Caucasian
Organism	GG (n = 27)	GA (n = 118)	AA (n = 88)	P value	GG (n = 13)	GA (n = 25)	AA (n = 19)	P value
CONS	8 (30)	45 (38)	33 (38)	0.703	4 (31)	10 (40)	11 (58)	0.276
Non CONS	3 (11)	26 (22)	27 (31)	0.088	2 (15)	10 (40)	5 (26)	0.676
Fungal	2 (7)	13 (11)	14 (16)	0.403	0	2 (8)	2 (11)	0.502
Gram negative bacilli	1 (4)	10 (9)	6 (7)	0.675	1 (8)	4 (16)	3 (16)	0.755
Enterococcus sp.	0	3 (3)	4 (5)	0.440	0	2 (8)	0	0.265
Other	1 (4)	7 (6)	9 (10)	0.376	1 (8)	2 (8)	0	0.242

Numbers in parentheses represent percentages of patients with nosocomial blood stream infections