Table 4: Allelic association of the Human promoter TNF alpha in NMO patients and controls.

Human promoter
TNF alpha Alleles
Patient Controls P* OR 95% CI
238G/A 0.88 0.92 NS 2.1 (0.7 - 5.8)
243G/A 0.94 0.95 NS 0.8 (0.3 - 3.0)
308G/A 0.69 0.84 < 0.01 0.29 (0.13 - 0.68)
376A 0.91 0.96 NS 0.36 (0.04 - 2.8)
574A/C 0.99 0.99 NS 0.79 (0.27 - 2.35)
856C/T 0.83 0.91 NS 0.17 (0.03 - 0.79)
862C/A 0.99 0.99 NS 0.27 (0.10 - 0.7)

OR: Odds Ratios; CI: Confidence Interval; P*: P value corrected for population stratification; NS: Non-Significant.