TNFα SNP | Mean (SD) first age of infection with P aeruginosa* | Mean difference | 95% CI | p value† | |
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*The analysis was performed by a two sample t test. There may be a difference in the number of genotypes typed for the different SNPs because gap filling of data could not always be done successfully. | |||||
†Significant results are shown in bold. | |||||
ins/ins (n = 103) | ins/del (n = 16) | ||||
+691g ins/del | 8.3 (4.6) | 11.4 (6.0) | 3.1 | 0.5 to 5.6 | 0.018 |
cc (n = 88) | ct+tt (n = 27) | ||||
−851c/t | 8.6 (4.8) | 9.2 (4.3) | 0.5 | −2.6 to 1.5 | 0.60 |
gg (n = 89) | ga+aa (n = 27) | ||||
−308g/a | 8.5 (4.5) | 9.5 (5.2) | 1.0 | −1.1 to 3.0 | 0.37 |
gg (n = 104) | ga+aa (n = 12) | ||||
−238g/a | 8.8 (4.4) | 7.9 (6.6) | 0.9 | −5.2 to 3.3 | 0.64 |