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Table 1 The frequencies of cytokine alleles and genotypes in IVDD patients and healthy controls

From: Association of interleukin 2, interleukin 12, and interferon-γ with intervertebral disc degeneration in Iranian population

Cytokine

Position

Alleles/ Genotypes

IVDD

N (%)

Control (N = 140)

N (%)

P-Value

OR

95% CI

IL-12 (N = 71)

-1188 (rs3212227)

A

103 (72.5)

204(72.9)

1.00

0.98

0.63–1.55

C

39 (27.5)

76(27.1)

1.00

1.02

0.65–1.58

AA

40 (56.3)

72(51.4)

0.56

1.22

0.69–2.16

CA

23 (32.4)

60(42.9)

0.18

0.64

0.35–1.16

CC

8 (11.3)

8(5.7)

0.17

2.09

0.75–5.84

IFN-γ (N = 74)

+ 874 (rs2430561)

A

85 (57.4)

140(50.7)

0.22

1.31

088–1.96

T

63 (42.6)

136(49.3)

0.22

0.88

0.51–1.31

AA

26 (35.1)

43(31.2)

0.65

1.19

0.66–2.18

AT

33 (44.6)

54(39.1)

0.47

1.25

0.71–2.19

TT

15 (20.3)

41(29.7)

0.15

0.60

0.31–1.18

IL-2 (N = 74)

-330 (rs2069762)

G

68 (46.0)

110(39.6)

0.21

1.31

0.88–1.97

T

80 (54.0)

168(60.4)

0.21

0.76

0.50–1.13

GG

4 (5.4)

8(5.8)

1.00

0.94

0.27–3.22

TG

60 (81.1)

94(67.6)

0.05

2.05

1.03–4.06

TT

10 (13.5)

37(26.6)

0.03

0.43

0.20–0.93

IL-2 (N = 74)

+ 166 (rs2069763)

G

113 (76.4)

219(78.8)

0.62

0.87

0.54–1.40

T

35 (23.6)

59(21.2)

0.62

1.15

0.71–1.85

GG

40 (54.1)

82(59)

0.56

0.82

0.46–1.44

GT

33 (44.6)

55(39.6)

0.56

1.23

0.69–2.17

TT

1 (1.4)

2(1.4)

1.00

0.94

0.08–10.52