The Interleukin-6 Gene Promoter Polymorphism -174 and Atherosclerotic Events in Overweight Transplanted Patients

Table 3

Incidence of atherosclerotic events (AEs) in the retrospective, prospective, and overall cohort according to 𝐼𝐿-6^-174 genotype and body mass index (BMI).

	All patients	Overweight patients carrying the GG genotype	Other patients	P
Retrospective cohort (𝑛=217)	14.7% (𝑛=32)	33% (𝑛=9)	12% (𝑛=23)	.006
Prospective cohort (𝑛=132)	11.8% (𝑛=17)	33% (𝑛=3)	9% (𝑛=12)	.031
Overall cohort (𝑛=349)	14% (𝑛=49)	29.5% (𝑛=12)	10.1% (𝑛=35)	.0003