Clinical Study

The Association of IL-12b Polymorphisms with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Chinese Han Population

Table 1

Genotype and allele frequencies of IL-12b SNP rs6887695 in SLE cases and controls*.

Genotype frequency, no. (%)Allele frequency, no. (%)
SNP,
population
No. of subjectsMajor homozygoteHetero-zygoteMinor homozygotePMajor alleleMinor allelePOR (95% CI)

Genotype or alleleGGGCCCGC
 Cases297107 (36.0)153 (51.5)37 (12.5)0.019367 (61.8)227 (38.2)0.031 0.78 (0.63–0.98)
 Controls351114 (32.5)164 (46.7)73 (20.8)392 (55.8)310 (44.2)

*SNP: single-nucleotide polymorphism; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; OR: odds ratios; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.