Table 5

Association between annual average exposure to air pollution at the birth address and doctor-diagnosed asthma in the first 8 years of life stratified by different genotypes of TLR4 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)

TLR4 SNPAdjusted OR* (95% CI)p Values
interaction
rs2770150TTTCCCTC/CC
 PM2.50.95 (0.60 to 1.49)2.01 (1.13 to 3.57)*0.92 (0.27 to 3.11)0.04/0.97
 Soot0.93 (0.62 to 1.40)1.86 (1.10 to 3.13)*0.67 (0.30 to 1.50)0.04/0.46
 NO20.87 (0.59 to 1.27)1.79 (1.11 to 2.87)*0.75 (0.31 to 1.84)0.01/0.76
rs10759931GGGAAAGA / AA
 PM2.52.61 (1.40 to 4.88)**1.17 (0.68 to 2.04)0.63 (0.29 to 1.35)0.06/0.005
 Soot2.40 (1.44 to 4.02)***1.04 (0.64 to 1.69)0.63 (0.30 to 1.31)0.02/0.004
 NO22.01 (1.27 to 3.20)**1.09 (0.71 to 1.69)0.59 (0.30 to 1.18)0.06/0.004
rs6478317AAAGGGAG/GG
 PM2.51.05 (0.65 to 1.68)1.61 (0.84 to 3.09)2.24 (1.18 to 4.26)*0.29/0.06
 Soot0.96 (0.62 to 1.50)1.55 (0.87 to 2.75)2.14 (1.23 to 3.74)**0.20/0.03
 NO21.06 (0.70 to 1.59)1.26 (0.75 to 2.12)2.05 (1.21 to 3.49)**0.59/0.04
rs10759932TTCT or CC
 PM2.51.23 (0.82 to 1.85)2.90 (1.22 to 6.91)*0.07
 Soot1.24 (0.84 to 1.82)2.28 (1.13 to 4.63)*0.13
 NO21.18 (0.82 to 1.69)1.79 (1.06 to 3.02)*0.17
rs1927911CCCTTTCT/TT
 PM2.51.02 (0.65 to 1.59)1.60 (0.80 to 3.20)4.43 (1.68 to 11.73)**0.29/0.007
 Soot0.98 (0.65 to 1.48)1.54 (0.83 to 2.86)3.24 (1.45 to 7.21)**0.23/0.009
 NO21.04 (0.71 to 1.51)1.28 (0.73 to 2.24)2.54 (1.30 to 4.96)**0.54/0.02
rs11536878CCCA or AA
 PM2.51.28 (0.87 to 1.87)1.60 (0.70 to 3.67)0.63
 Soot1.18 (0.84 to 1.67)1.56 (0.77 to 3.15)0.48
 NO21.20 (0.88 to 1.64)1.28 (0.66 to 2.49)0.86
rs4986790AAAG or GG
 PM2.51.36 (0.90 to 2.06)1.06 (0.56 to 2.02)0.53
 Soot1.25 (0.84 to 1.85)1.19 (0.68 to 2.09)0.89
 NO21.18 (0.82 to 1.69)1.17 (0.67 to 2.01)0.97
rs4986791CCCT or TT
 PM2.51.37 (0.90 to 2.08)1.10 (0.53 to 1.26)0.61
 Soot1.28 (0.87 to 1.89)1.24 (0.65 to 2.33)0.92
 NO21.22 (0.85 to 1.74)1.14 (0.61 to 2.13)0.86
rs11536889GGGC or CC
 PM2.51.40 (0.88 to 2.24)1.27 (0.74 to 2.20)0.79
 Soot1.35 (0.88 to 2.06)1.16 (0.71 to 1.89)0.64
 NO21.26 (0.85 to 1.87)1.17 (0.74 to 1.84)0.79
  • Bold values are significant: *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.

  • * ORs represent the factor by which the odds of asthma changes with an interquartile range increase in annual average pollutant concentration at birth address adjusted for confounders within each genotype group.

  • p Values of interaction represent p values of the differences in ORs between the specific genotype group and the common allele homozygote group.