Table 2

Demographic data and genotype frequencies of TNF and IL-10 polymorphisms in patients with sepsis and controls.


Patients (n = 224)
Control individuals (n = 101)

Age
63.5 (49–72.75)
50 (46.5–55.5)
APACHE II
14 (9–19)
-
SOFA (1)a
4 (2–9)
-
-308 TNF-α promoter polymorphism
     GG
186 (83)
82 (81.2)
     GA
35 (15.6)
15 (14.9)
     AA
3 (1.4)
4 (3.9)
TNF-β (NcoI polymorphism)
     GG
16 (7.1)
10 (9.9)
     GA
69 (30.8)
34 (33.7)
     AA
139 (62.5)
57 (56.4)
IL-10-1082
     GG
33 (14.8)
15 (14.8)
     GA
99 (44.2)
50 (49.5)
     AA
92 (41)
36 (35.7)

Values are expressed as median (25th to 75th percentile) or as n (%).aSOFA (1) means SOFA score of the first 24 hours in the hospital. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.

Garnacho-Montero et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R111   doi:10.1186/cc4995