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Table 2 Adjusted1) associations of 10 cytokine polymorphisms with self-reported hay fever in the ECRHS-Basel Study.

From: Cytokine gene polymorphisms and atopic disease in two European cohorts. (ECRHS-Basel and SAPALDIA)

Genotype

 

cases/controls2)

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

P-value

IL4 (-589C>T)

CC

140/89

1

--

--

rs2243250

CT

47/31

0.99

0.58 – 1.68

0.98

 

TT

5/5

0.56

0.16 – 2.03

0.38

IL4R Q576R (A>G)

AA

128/71

1

--

--

rs1801275

AG

58/45

0.68

0.42 – 1.13

0.12

 

GG

5/5

0.59

0.16 – 2.11

0.39

IL6(-174G>C)

GG

65/33

1

--

--

rs1800795

GC

97/66

0.77

0.45 – 1.30

0.32

 

CC

28/25

0.58

0.29 – 1.15

0.12

IL10 (-1082G>A)

GG

60/48

1

--

--

rs1800896

GA

96/50

1.58

0.94 – 2.6

0.08

 

AA

36/26

1.15

0.61 – 2.18

0.66

IL10 (-819C>T)

CC

102/71

1

--

--

rs1800871

CT

77/42

1.26

0.77 – 2.04

0.35

 

TT

11/12

0.64

0.27 – 1.54

0.32

IL12p40(1188A>C)

AA

114/74

1

--

--

rs3212227

AC

69/44

0.99

0.61 – 1.59

0.95

 

CC

9/6

1.05

0.36 – 3.09

0.93

IL13 R130Q (A>G)

GG

127/82

1

--

--

rs20541

GA

57/38

0.96

0.58 – 1.58

0.87

 

AA

6/4

0.99

0.27 – 3.68

0.99

IL18(-137G>C)

GG

101/55

1

--

--

rs187238

GC

73/54

0.75

0.46 – 1.22

0.25

 

CC

18/15

0.65

0.30 – 1.39

0.27

TNF(-308G>A)

GG

135/84

1

--

--

rs1800629

GA

53/35

0.94

0.57 – 1.57

0.83

 

AA

4/4

0.58

0.14 – 2.40

0.45

CD14 (-159C>T)

CC

49/41

1

--

--

rs2569190

CT

89/55

1.36

0.79 – 2.32

0.26

 

TT

51/26

1.64

0.88 – 3.09

0.12

  1. 1) Adjusted for age and gender.
  2. 2) Hay fever cases answered yes to 'Have you ever had a problem with sneezing or a runny nose or a blocked nose when you did not have a cold?', irrespective of self-reported asthma or eczema. Non-atopic controls were free of self-reported hay fever, self-reported eczema and physician-diagnosed asthma.