From: Cytokine gene polymorphisms and serum cytokine levels in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Cytokine/genotype/allele | IPF (n = 60) | Healthy controls (n = 150) | *p-value | OR | 95% CI | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TGF-β1 (codons 10 and 25) |  |  |  |  |  | |
 TT GGa | 24 (40) | 47 (31.3) | 0.260 | 0.684 | 0.368 – 1.274 | |
 TC GGb | 24 (40) | 53 (35.3) | 0.530 | 0.820 | 0.443 – 1.517 | |
 TC GCc | 3 (5) | 15 (10) | 0.289 | 2.111 | 0.588 – 7.575 | |
 CC GGd | 5 (8.3) | 27 (18) | 0.091 | 2.415 | 0.883 – 6.602 | |
 TT GC | 0 | 0 | - |  |  | |
 CC GCe | 3 (5) | 7 (4.7) | 0.918 | 0.930 | 0.232 – 3.723 | |
 CC CCf | 1 (1.7) | 1 (0.7) | 0.500 | 0.396 | 0.024 – 6.435 | |
 TT CC | 0 | 0 | - |  |  | |
 TC CC | 0 | 0 | - |  |  | |
 Codon 10 | T alleleg | 75 (62.5) | 162 (54) | 0.128 | 1.420 | 0.920 – 2.191 |
 | C allele | 45 (37.5) | 138 (46) |  |  |  |
 Codon 25 | G alleleh | 112 (93.3) | 276 (92) | 0.839 | 1.217 | 0.531 – 2.791 |
 | C allele | 8 (6.7) | 24 (8) |  |  |  |