Table 2 Effect of the IL-6 -174 GC Polymorphism on Nosocomial Blood Stream Infections in African- American and Caucasian Infants
From: IL-10, IL-6 and CD14 polymorphisms and sepsis outcome in ventilated very low birth weight infants
| Â | African American | Caucasian | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Organism | GG (n = 204) | GC (n = 27) | CC (n = 2) | P value | GG (n = 19) | GC (n = 32) | CC (n = 6) | P value |
CONS | 72 (35) | 12 (44) | 2 (100) | 0.116 | 11 (58) | 11 (34) | 3 (50) | 0.249 |
Non CONS | 48 (24) | 12 (44) | 0 | 0.185 | 6 (21) | 9 (28) | 2 (33) | 0.827 |
Fungal | 22 (11) | 7 (26) | 0 | 0.071 | 1 (5) | 1 (3) | 2 (33) | 0.027 |
Gram negative bacilli | 16 (8) | 1 (4) | 0 | 0.683 | 3 (16) | 5 (16) | 0 | 0.578 |
Enterococcus sp. | 5 (2) | 2 (1) | 0 | 0.354 | 1 (5) | 1 (3) | 0 | 0.817 |
Other | 15 (7) | 2 (1) | 0 | 0.924 | 1 (5) | 2 (6) | 0 | 0.820 |