Research Article

Lack of Association between Variant rs7916697 in ATOH7 and Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in a Saudi Cohort

Table 2

Association analysis of allele frequency and genotype distribution for SNP rs7916697 in POAG patients and controls.

SNP (Gene)rs7916697 (ATOH7)
Controls
(n = 171)
No. ()
POAG
(n = 186)
No. ()
Odds ratio95 confidence intervalp valuea

Allelic analysis
G219 (64.0)227 (61.0)1Reference-
A123 (36.0)145 (39.0)0.880.65 – 1.190.406
HWE P0.9680.936---
Genotype and Model analysis
G/G70 (40.9)69 (37.1)1Reference-
G/A79 (46.2)89 (47.8)0.870.55 – 1.370.560
A/A22 (12.8)28 (15.0)0.770.40 – 1.480.438
Additive----0.707§
Dominant--0.850.55 – 1.300.458
Recessive--0.830.45 – 1.520.554

Chi2 test. Risk variant. HWE P, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium p value. §Fisher exact test.