From: Polymorphisms in the IL-6 and IL-6R receptor genes as new diagnostic biomarkers of acute appendicitis: a study on two candidate genes in pediatric patients with acute appendicitis
Gene
SNP
Variant (M > m)
Genotype
Patient N (%)
Control N (%)
p-value
IL-6
rs1800796
G > C
GG
67 (89.3)
72 (96.0)
0.14
GC
6 (8.0)
3 (4.0)
CC
2 (2.7)
0 (0.0)
IL-6R
rs7529229
T > C
TT
69 (92.0)
73 (97.3)
0.24
TC
5 (6.7)
1 (1.3)