Clinical Study

Rather than Rs1800796 Polymorphism, Expression of Interleukin-6 Is Associated with Disease Progression of Chronic HBV Infection in a Chinese Han Population

Table 2

Genotype distribution of rs1800796 in different groups.

rs1800796HCIT CHB ICLC HCC LC versus CHBHCC versus CHBHCC versus LC
( )( )( )( )( )( )OR (95% CI)P OR (95% CI)P OR (95% CI)P

Genotype, (%)
 CC176 (66.5)15 (65.2)194 (66.4)17 (68.0)101 (66.0)90 (60.8)1.00 1.00 1.00
 CG78 (29.4)7 (30.4)87 (29.8)7 (28.0)46 (30.1)51 (34.5)1.02 (0.66–1.56)0.9441.26 (0.83–1.94)0.2821.24 (0.76–2.03)0.381
 GG11 (4.1)1(4.4)11 (3.8)1 (4.0)6 (3.9)7 (4.7)1.05 (0.38–2.92)0.9291.37 (0.52–3.66)0.5261.31 (0.42–4.04)0.638
Dominant model
 CC176 (66.5)15 (65.2)194 (66.4)17 (68.0)101 (66.0)90 (60.8)1.00 1.00 1.00
 CG + GG89 (33.5)8 (34.8)98 (33.6)8 (32.0)52 (34.0)58 (39.2)1.02 (0.67–1.54)0.9281.28 (0.85–1.92)0.2441.25 (0.78–2.00)0.349
 Hardy-Weinberg
 equilibrium (P)
0.529 0.874 0.749 0.797 0.7910.947

Note: value obtained using a standard χ 2 test, and not adjusted for confounding factors. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; HC: healthy control; IT: immune tolerant; IC: inactive carrier; CHB: chronic hepatitis B; LC: liver cirrhosis; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma.