Association between Interleukin-10 gene polymorphisms and risk of early-onset preeclampsia

We conducted a case-control study to investigate the role of IL-10 -1082A/G (rs1800896), -819T/C (rs1800871), and -592A/C (rs1800872) polymorphisms in the development of early-onset preeclampsia. Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay was applied to assess the polymorphisms of IL-10 -1082A/G (rs1800896), -819T/C (rs1800871), and -592A/C (rs1800872). The genotype distributions of IL-10 -1082A/G (rs1800896), -819T/C (rs1800871), and -592A/C (rs1800872) confirmed with HWE in the controls, and the P value for HWE was 0.41, 0.38 and 0.26, respectively. The results of the multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the association of individuals expressing the CC genotype and AC+CC of IL-10 -592A/C (rs1800872) with a significantly increased risk of early-onset preeclampsia in co-dominant and dominant models, compared to the AA genotype; the OR (95% CI) for these individuals was determined to be 2.09 (1.12-3.90) and 1.66 (1.03-2.71), respectively. In the recessive model, we found that CC genotype of IL-10 -592A/C (rs1800872) was associated with the increased risk of early-onset preeclampsia when compared with AA+AC genotype (OR = 1.67; 95% CI = 1.01-2.92). In conclusion, our study has indicated that IL-10 -592A/C (rs1800872) polymorphism was associated with an increased risk of early-onset preeclampsia in a Chinese population.