Table VI.

Plasma IL-6 and TNF-α levels among the genotypes of patients with IS and controls.

	Plasma level (pg/ml), median (IQR, n)
Polymorphism	IS patients, n=110	P-value	Controls, n=110	P-value
IL-6-174G/C
GG	32.5 (14.8-81.8, n=106)	0.307b	36.0 (17.0-95.0, n=103)	0.015a,b
GC	14.0 (9.5-72.5, n=4)		194.0 (81.0-195.0, n=7)
CC	N/A		N/A
TNF-α-308G/A
GG	29.0 (7.0-63.8, n=90)	0.668c	24.0 (14.3-41.8, n=100)	0.803b
GA	18.0 (8.5-42.5, n=17)		25.0 (11.8-42.3, n=10)
AA	26.0 (7.0-N/A, n=3)		N/A

^aP<0.05. P-values were calculated using a

^bMann-Whitney U tests for comparisons between two groups and a

^cKruskal-Wallis test for comparisons between three groups. IQR, interquartile range; N/A, not available; IS, ischemic stroke.