Analysis of a Functional IL-6 Gene Polymorphism in HLAB27 Associated and Intermediate Uveitis Gives New Insight in Disease Pathogenesis and Commonality with Other Autoimmune Diseases

Table 1

Distribution of the investigated gene polymorphisms in patients and controls.

	HLAB27 AAU	IU	HLAB27 negative controls	HLAB27 positive controls	Controls combined
	( = 134)	( = 84)	( = 132)	( = 65)	( = 197)
rs1800795
G/G	40 (29.9%)	19 (22.6%)	51 (38.6%)	24 (36.9%)	75 (38.1%)
G/C	76 (56.7%)	50 (59.5%)	62 (47.0%)	31 (47.7%)	93 (47.2%)
C/C	18 (13.4%)	15 (17.9%)	19 (14.4%)	10 (15.4%)	29 (14.7%)

AAU: acute anterior uveitis.
IU: intermediate uveitis.