Skip to main content

Table 2 Associations for the risk of severe malaria

From: Toll-like receptor 9 and 4 gene polymorphisms in susceptibility and severity of malaria: a meta-analysis of genetic association studies

Polymorphisms

Variants

Number of studies included

Total cases/controls

Genetic model

Effect size, OR (95%CI)

Model

TLR 9

T1486C

5

1380/2378

Allele

1.26 (1.08–1.48)

F

   

660/1189

Dominant

1.29 (0.84–1.98)

R

   

660/1189

Recessive

1.27 (0.9–1.79)

F

   

325/697

Homozygous

1.55 (1.08–2.28)

F

   

585/1091

Heterozygous

1.26 (0.73–2.16)

R

TLR 9

T1237C

6

1606/2720

Allele

1.01 (0.81–1.27)

R

   

803/1350

Dominant

1.32 (0.86–2.03)

R

   

803/1350

Recessive

0.71 (0.36–1.42)

R

   

442/854

Homozygous

0.87 (0.45–1.7)

R

   

722/1145

Heterozygous

1.57 (0.86–2.86)

R

TLR 4

T399I

2

202/152

Allele

1.03 (0.47–2.28)

F

   

104/79

Dominant

1.05 (0.43–2.8)

F

   

104/79

Recessive

0.73 (0.1–5.31)

F

   

85/57

Homozygous

0.74 (0.1–5.41)

F

   

102/77

Heterozygous

1.11 (0.43–2.91)

F

TLR 4

D299G

7

1463/2936

Allele

1.16 (0.93–1.44)

F

   

773/1495

Dominant

1.1 (0.87–1.4)

F

   

773/1495

Recessive

0.99 (0.78–1.26)

F

   

625/1207

Homozygous

1.29 (0.65–2.55)

F

   

759/1478

Heterozygous

1.08 (0.84–1.37)

F

  1. CI confidence interval, F fixed-effect model, OR odds ratio, R random-effects model
  2. Significant result is in bold