Research Article

Genetic Polymorphisms of IL1B, IL6, and TNFα in a Chinese Han Population with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Table 4

Haplotypes of the IL1B, IL6 and TNFα genes and their distributions in the three groups.

HaplotypePTB, (%)LTBI, (%)HCS, (%)PTB VS. LTBI 
value
OR (95% CI)LTBI VS. HCS 
P value
OR (95% CI)

IL1B
CGA23.06 (0.1)33.20 (0.1)35.71 (0.1)0.1200.65 (0.37–1.12)0.7500.92 (0.56–1.51)
CGG230.90 (0.6)192.64 (0.5)198.30 (0.5)1.34 (1.01–1.76)0.6900.94 (0.72–1.25)
GGA158.98 (0.4)169.95 (0.4)161.77 (0.4)0.2000.83 (0.63–1.10)0.5601.09 (0.82–1.44)
IL6
AA221.06 (52.9)200.16 (49.1)3.91 (1.0)0.7011.06 (0.8–1.39)0.3901.13 (0.86–1.49)
AT122.94 (29.4)118.90 (29.7)119.84 (29.4)0.9520.99 (0.73–1.34)0.8721.03 (0.76–1.39)
GT64.06 (15.3)66.10 (16.5)82.16 (20.1)0.6560.92 (0.63–1.34)0.1970.79 (0.55–1.13)
TNFα
CCGAG81.97 (0.2)58.98 (0.2)55.94 (0.1)0.0701.40 (0.97–2.03)0.6601.09 (0.74–1.62)
CTACG28.95 (0.1)24.00 (0.1)30.97 (0.1)0.6001.16 (0.66–2.03)0.3800.78 (0.45–1.35)
CTGCG246.05 (0.6)240.48 (0.6)250.94 (0.6)0.6700.94 (0.71–1.24)0.7200.95 (0.71–1.27)
TTGCG46.98 (0.1)64.52 (0.2)59.06 (0.2)0.66 (0.44–0.98)0.5001.14 (0.78–1.68)
Other 29.00 (2.4)24.10 (2.0)18.32 (1.5)

PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis; LTBI, latent tuberculosis infection; HCS, healthy controls; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; subjects which lowest frequency both in case and control less than 0.03; .