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. 2011 Apr 7;26(3):296–302. doi: 10.1007/s12291-011-0126-2

Table 3.

Combined analysis of IL-6, IL-4 and TNF-α genotypes among INS patients and controls

Genotype Patient’s N = 150 (%) Controls N = 569 (%) P value OR (95% CI)
Double: IL-4-C590T + IL-6-G174C
 IL-4 (1) & IL-6 (1) 48 (32.0) 361 (63.4) Reference genotype
 IL-4 (1) & IL-6 (0) 45 (30.0) 36 (6.3) <0.001* 9.40 (5.52–16.00)
 IL-4 (0) & IL-6 (1) 34 (22.7) 154 (27.1) 0.036* 1.66 (1.03–2.60)
 IL-4 (0) & IL-6 (0) 23 (15.3) 18 (3.2) <0.001* 9.61 (4.84–19.09)
Double: IL-4-C590T + TNF-α-G308A
 IL-4 (1) & TNF-α (1) 70 (46.7) 345 (60.6) Reference genotype
 IL-4 (1) & TNF-α (0) 23 (15.3) 52 (9.1) 0.005* 2.18 (1.25–3.79)
 IL-4 (0) & TNF-α (1) 48 (32.0) 153 (26.9) 0.038* 1.55 (1.02–2.34)
 IL-4 (0) & TNF-α (0) 09 (6.0) 19 (3.3) 0.041* 2.34 (1.01–5.38)
Double: IL-6-G174C + TNF-α-G308A
 IL-6 (1) & TNF-α (1) 64 (42.7) 456 (80.1) Reference genotype
 IL-6 (1) & TNF-α (0) 18 (12.0) 59 (10.4) 0.008* 2.17 (1.21–3.92)
 IL-6 (0) & TNF-α (1) 54 (36.0) 42 (7.4) <0.001* 9.16 (5.66–14.82)
 IL-6 (0) & TNF-α (0) 14 (9.3) 12 (2.1) <0.001* 8.31 (3.68–18.77)
Triple: IL-4-C590T + IL-6-G174C + TNF-α-G308A
 IL-4 (1) + IL-6 (1) + TNF-α (1) 35 (23.3) 320 (56.2) Reference genotype
 IL-4 (0) + IL-6 (0) + TNF-α (1) 19 (12.7) 18 (3.2) <0.001* 9.65 (4.64–20.09)
 IL-4 (0) + IL-6 (1) + TNF-α (0) 05 (3.3) 19 (3.3) 0.090 2.40 (0.85–6.84)
 IL-4 (0) + IL-6 (1) + TNF-α (1) 29 (19.3) 135 (23.7) 0.011* 1.96 (1.15–3.34)
 IL-4 (1) + IL-6 (0) + TNF-α (0) 10 (6.7) 12 (2.1) <0.001* 7.62 (3.07–18.91)
 IL-4 (1) + IL-6 (0) + TNF-α (1) 35 (23.3) 24 (4.2) <0.001* 13.33 (7.13–24.93)
 IL-4 (1) + IL-6 (1) + TNF-α (0) 13 (8.7) 40 (7.1) 0.002* 2.97 (1.45–6.08)
 IL-4 (0) + IL-6 (0) + TNF-α (0) 04 (2.7) 01 (0.2) <0.001* 36.57 (3.97–336.5)

0 mutant + heterozygous, 1 wild type genotype

* Significant value (P < 0.05)