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. 2023 Jun 16;10(2):109-116.
doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1770056. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Association of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist ( IL-1RA ) Gene Polymorphism with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in North Indian Children: A Case-Control Study

Neha Verma  1 , Shally Awasthi  1 , Anuj K Pandey  1 , Prashant Gupta  2
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Association of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist ( IL-1RA ) Gene Polymorphism with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in North Indian Children: A Case-Control Study

Neha Verma et al. Glob Med Genet. .

Abstract

Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death in children < 5 years of age. The primary objective of the study was to assess the association of IL-1RA gene polymorphism in children aged 2 to 59 months with CAP and the secondary objective was to assess the association of gene polymorphism with mortality among hospitalized CAP cases. Study Design This case-control study was conducted in a tertiary teaching institute in Northern India. Hospitalized children aged 2 to 59 months with World Health Organization-defined CAP were included as cases after parental consent. Age-matched healthy controls were recruited from the immunization clinic of the hospital. Genotyping was done using polymerase chain reaction to analyze the variable number of tandem repeats of IL-1RA gene polymorphism. Result From October 2019 to October 2021, 330 cases (123, 37.27% female), and 330 controls (151, 45.75% female) were recruited. Genotype A2/A2 of the IL-1RA gene was found to be associated with the increased risk for CAP children with adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of 12.24 (95% confidence interval [CI] 5.21-28.7, p < 0.001). A2 and A4 alleles were also found to be at risk for CAP. A1/A2 genotype was found to be protective for CAP with an AOR of 0.29 (95% CI 0.19-19.0.45). The genotype A2/A2 and A2 allele of IL-1RA gene was associated with child mortality with CAP cases. Conclusion In IL1RA gene, A2/A2 genotype and A2 allele were associated with increased risk of CAP and A1/A2 were found to be protective for CAP. The genotype A2/A2 and A2 was associated with CAP mortality.

Keywords: adjusted odds ratio; community-acquired pneumonia; interleukin-1 receptor antagonist; odds ratio; polymerase chain reaction; variable number of tandem repeats.

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Flowchart of the study. CAP, community-acquired pneumonia; CHD, congenital heart disease; TBM, tubercular meningitis; WHO, World Health Organization.
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