Research Article

Role of TGF-β Pathway Polymorphisms in Sporadic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: rs900 TGF-β2 Is a Marker of Differential Gender Susceptibility

Table 5

Multiple logistic regression analyses of dominant (major allele homozygotes versus heterozygotes plus minor allele homozygotes) and recessive (major allele homozygotes plus heterozygotes versus minor allele homozygotes) models applied to TAA patient group compared with control groups.

SNPModelTAA versus control patientsTAA versus healthy controls
OR (95% C.I.) OR (95% C.I.)

rs1800471Dominant0.888 (0.452–1.858)0.8591.144 (0.630–2.075)0.769
Recessive3.250 (0.290–36.392)0.5611.723 (0.154–19.210)1.000

rs900Dominant0.550 (0.318–0.950)0.036 0.520 (0.326–0.829)0.0073
Recessive0.700 (0.348–1.407)0.6900.456 (0.242–0.859)0.0177

rs334348Dominant1.074 (0.623–1.853)0.8891.035 (0.652–1.643)0.906
Recessive1.265 (0.454–3.526)0.7910.460 (0.151–1.406)0.181

rs334349Dominant1.093 (0.635–1.880)0.7820.858 (0.538–1.369)0.553
Recessive0.546 (0.190–1.572)0.3290.511 (0.081–1.039)0.0516

rs4522809Dominant0.917 (0.503–1.671)0.878 0.939 (0.564–1.565)0.897
Recessive0.954 (0.535–1.703)1.0000.758 (0.459–1.252)0.307