Research Article

Significant Association of rs2147555 Genetic Polymorphism in the EDNRB Gene with Hirschsprung Disease in Southern Chinese Children

Table 2

Analysis of association of allelic frequencies of SNPs rs2147555 with HSCR.

Cases/controls ()Risk allele frequency in cases/controlsOR (95% CI)

SNP rs2147555
Total HSCR1469/14730.107/0.0850.0181.291 (1.084-1.538)
S-HSCR1034/14730.110/0.0850.0030.0221.330 (1.100-1.608)
L-HSCR295/14730.111/0.0850.0440.0861.344 (1.007-1.794)0.051
TCA82/14730.091/0.0850.7810.9171.081 (0.626-1.867)0.778
TIA3/14730.167/0.0850.4760.4812.147 (0.250-18.45)1

: unadjusted values; : adjusted values using logistic regression analysis by including the covariate of sex; : empirical values obtained by performing 100,000 Monte-Carlo simulations; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.