Obesity was found to be significantly associated with increase of WBC count ( p <0.01), but the observed increase of TNF-α with obesity did not reach statistical significance ( p =0.08).
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GSTM1 and GSTP1 polymorphisms as potential factors for modifying the effect of smoking on inflammatory response.
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However, when we analyzed the effect of smoking on TNF-α level according to genotype combination, smoking showed marginally significant effect on TNF-α level in subjects with combination of GSTM1 null and GSTP1 AG or GG genotypes in spite of low level of tobacco smoke exposure.
In addition, our study showed borderline significance of smoking on TNF-α level, probably due to small sample size.