Table 8.
Expected phenotype frequencies according to genotypes for the cytokines TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-6, IL-10, and TGF-β1.
| Phenotypes | Genotypes | Patients (N = 79) n (%) |
Controls (N = 101) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TNF | |||
| Low | G/G | 62 (78.48) | 73 (72.28) |
| High | G/A | 17 (21.52) | 28 (27.72) |
| A/A | |||
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| IL6 | |||
| High | G/G | 72 (91.14) | 87 (86.14) |
| G/C | |||
| Low | C/C | 7 (8.86) | 14 (13.86) |
|
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| INFG | |||
| High | T/T | 19 (24.36) | 19 (19.39) |
| Intermediate | T/A | 31 (39.74) | 50 (51.02) |
| Lowb | A/A | 28 (35.90) | 29 (29.59) |
|
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| IL10 | |||
| High | GCC/GCC | 16 (20.51) | 12 (12.00) |
| Intermediatea | GCC/ACC | 25 (32.05) | 48 (48.00) |
| GCC/ATA | |||
| Low | ACC/ACC | 37 (47.44) | 40 (40.00) |
| ACC/ATA | |||
| ATA/ATA | |||
|
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| TGFB1 | |||
| High | T/T G/G | 52 (65.82) | 78 (78.00) |
| T/C G/G | |||
| Intermediate | T/C G/C | 22 (27.85) | 17 (17.00) |
| C/C G/G | |||
| T/T G/C | |||
| Low | C/C G/C | 5 (6.33) | 5 (5.00) |
| C/C C/C | |||
| T/T C/C | |||
| T/C C/C | |||
n: number of excepted phenotypes according to genotypes.
%: frequencies.
a P = 0.046; OR = 0.1607; 95% CI = 0.276–0.947.
b P = 0.022; OR = 1.81; 95% CI = 1.178–4.604.