Research Article

Association of IL-4-590 C>T and IL-13-1112 C>T Gene Polymorphisms with the Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

Demographic and clinical parameters of Egyptian cases with T2DM related to genotypic variants of IL-13-1112 C>T and IL-4-590 C>T polymorphisms.

IL-4-590 C>T IL-13-1112 C>T
CCCTTTCCCTTT

Gender
 Male15 (23.1)50 (76.9)0 (.0)8 (12.3)53 (81.5)4 (6.2)
 Female13 (18.6)53 (75.7)4 (5.7)6 (8.6)62 (88.6)2 (2.9)
 P

Family history
 Positive18 (23.1)59 (75.6)1 (1.3)5 (6.4)70 (89.7)3 (3.8)
 Negative10 (17.5)44 (77.2)3 (5.3)9 (15.8)45 (78.9)3 (5.3)
 P

Consanguinity
 Positive3 (20.0)12 (80.0)0 (0.0)2 (13.3)11 (73.3)2 (13.3)
 Negative25 (20.8)91 (75.8)4 (3.3)12 (10.0)104 (86.7)4 (3.3)
 P