Table 2.

Genotype distributions and allele frequencies of IL-6 −174 G/C and −572 G/C polymorphisms in HT patients and Controls

	Control (n = 108)	HT (n = 111)	p	OR (95 %)
IL-6 −174 Genotypes
GG	69 (63.9 %)	58 (52.3 %)	0.215	1
GC	34 (31.5 %)	47 (42.3 %)		0.682 (0.196–2.371)
CC	5 (4.6 %)	6 (5.4 %)
IL-6 −174 Alleles
G	172 (79.63 %)	163 (73.42 %)	0.573	1.100 (0.308–3.936)
C	44 (20.37 %)	59 (26.58 %)
IL-6 −572 Genotypes
GG	86 (76.6 %)	86 (77.5 %)	0.508	1
GC	22 (20.4 %)	24 (21.6 %)		0.000 (0.000–0.000)
CC	0 (0 %)	1 (0.9 %)		0.000 (0.000–0.000)
IL-6-572 Alleles
G	194 (89.82 %)	196 (89 %)	0.698	1
C	22 (10.18 %)	26 (11 %)		0.880 (0.461–1.679)