Association between Interleukin-6 Gene Polymorphism (rs1800795 and rs1800796) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Ghanaian Population: A Case-Control Study in the Ho Municipality

Table 1

Primers for rs1800795 and rs1800796 genotyping.

Primer	Primer sequence (-)	Product size (bp)	Melting temperature (°C)
	rs1800795
FIP	TTTTCCCCCTAGTTGTGTCTTCCG	144 (G allele)	75.4°C
RIP	GTGCAATGTGACGTCCTTTAGCTTG	181 (C allele)	74.5°C
FOP	TCGTGCATGACTTCAGCTTTACTCATT	277 (outer)
ROP	GAGACTCATGGGAAAATCCCACTTT
	rs1800796
FIP	GGCCAGGCAGTTCTACAACAGGCG	125 (G allele)	76.8°C
RIP	TGTTCTGGCTCTCCCTGTGTGG	157 (C allele)	78.3°C
FOP	CTCTAAGTGGGCTGAAGCAGGTGATGA	237 (outer)
ROP	AGTTTCCTCTGACTCCATCGCAGGCC

FIP: forward inner primer; RIP: reverse inner primer; FOP: forward outer primer; ROP: reverse outer primer.