Polymorphism: IL6 VNTR A/B/C/D







Description:

gene symbol = IL6 (get() returned more than one Factor -- it returned 3! Lookup parameters were {'symbol': u'IL6', 'entrez_gene_id': u'3569', 'species': })

entrez gene id = 3569 (get() returned more than one Factor -- it returned 3! Lookup parameters were {'symbol': u'IL6', 'entrez_gene_id': u'3569', 'species': })

Ethnicity: Italian
Age of cases: Mean age 100
Shorter lived allele: B
Longer lived allele: non-B

Statistics
- Number of cases/controls: 61 vs 94 (initial)
- Odds ratio: 0.56
- p-value: 0.05 [0.05]
- Significant: Yes

Study Design
- Classifications: Longevity-Associated
- Study type: Candidate Region/Gene
- Technology: PCR

Reference:
17506774: Interleukin 6 variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) gene polymorphism in centenarians.

Choice: Curate_Johnny
Created: July 1, 2013, 10:06 a.m.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2014, 1:05 p.m.

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