Table 3.

Association between TNFα -308 and -238 G/A Locus Genotypes and TNFα Serum Levels

	TNFα -308 G/A Genotypes			TNFα -238 G/A Genotypes
TNFα (pg/mL)	GG	GA	AA	GG	GA	AA
Range	11-85	23-183.2	6-595	6-113.2	11-64.2	6-55
Mean	44.6	75.1	205.4	54.4	36.5	34.1
SD	17.9	48.6	197.1	28.4	13.8	16
p-value significance intra-groups *		7.10e-06		0.0003
p-value significance inter-groups **
Case vs GG		0.001	0.00007		0.0008	0.01
Case vs GA			0.03			0.92

*, Kruskal-Wallis test; **, Wilcox test.