Research Article

The Functional Polymorphisms of miR-146a Are Associated with Susceptibility to Severe Sepsis in the Chinese Population

Table 2

Genotype and allele frequencies distribution in patients with sepsis and controls.

GenotypeAll sepsis cases, (%)Controls, (%) value value*OR (95% CI)

rs2910164
Total2262060.0470.063
 CC88 (38.94)101 (49.03)
 GC114 (50.44)93 (45.15)
 GG24 (10.62)12 (5.82)
 GG/GC138 (61.06)105 (50.97)0.0350.0631.508 (1.029–2.211)
 GC/CC202 (89.38)194 (94.18)0.0720.0720.521 (0.253–1.070)
Allele
 C allele290 (64.16)295 (71.60)1.000 (reference)
 G allele162 (35.84)117 (28.40)0.0190.0631.408 (1.056–1.878)

rs57095329
Total2222050.8180.830
 AA144 (64.86)135 (65.85)
 GA69 (31.08)64 (31.22)
 GG9 (4.05)6 (2.93)
 GG/GA78 (35.14)70 (34.15)0.8300.8301.045 (0.701–1.557)
 GA/AA213 (95.95)199 (97.07)0.5270.8300.714 (0.249–2.042)
Allele
 A allele357 (80.41)334 (81.46)1.000 (reference)
 G allele87 (19.59)76 (18.54)0.6940.8301.071 (0.761–1.508)

OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; *false discovery rate-adjusted value for multiple hypotheses testing using the Benjamini-Hochberg method.