[Retracted] Concurrent Hearing and Genetic Screening among Newborns in Ningbo, China

Table 1

Deafness gene mutation carrier rates detected in 2174 newborns.

Gene name	Site and nucleotide change	No. of cases	Heterozygous or homozygous	Carrier frequency (%)	Total rate (%)
GJB2	c.35delG; c.176_191del16; c.235delC; c.299_300delAT	1; 2; 46; 6	Heterozygous; Heterozygous; Heterozygous; Heterozygous	0.05; 0.09; 2.12; 0.28	2.53
GJB3	c.538C>T	4	Heterozygous	0.18	0.18
SLC26A4	c.IVS7-2A>G; c.2168A>G; c.1174A>T; c.1226G>A; c.IVS15+5G>A; c.2027T>A; c.1229 C>T	19; 5; 5; 1; 0; 0; 0	Heterozygous; Heterozygous; Heterozygous; Heterozygous	0.87; 0.23; 0.23; 0.05	1.43
	c.1975G>C	1	Heterozygous	0.05
MT-RNR1	m.1555A>G; m.1494C>T	4; 0	Homoplasmy	0.18	0.18

Comparison of the mutation rate in GJB2 and SLC26A4, , (>0.05).