Research Article

Combined Genetic Biomarkers Confer Susceptibility to Risk of Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma in a Saudi Population

Table 3

Genotypic combinations of examined SNPs showing risk of UBC in cases and controls.

Genotypic combinationCases  
(%)
Controls  
(%)
χ2 ( valueχ2 ( value

GSTM1/GSTT1:
+,+/+,+36 (34.6)112 (53.8)10.2 (0.001)
−,−/+,+56 (53.8)80 (38.5)6.6 (0.01)10.3 (0.006)
+,+/−,−12 (11.5)16 (7.7)1.2 (0.3)
−,−/−,−0 (0.0)0 (0.0) NANA
rs4646903 T>C/ rs1048943 A>G:
TT/AA72 (69.2)120 (57.7)3.9 (0.04)
TC/AG8 (7.7)24 (11.5)1.1 (0.3)
TC/AA20 (19.2)64 (30.8)4.7 (0.03)13.9 (0.003)
CC/GG4 (3.8)0 (0.0)4.0 (0.047)
rs1801133 C>T/ rs1801394 A>G:
CC/AA0 (0.0)8 (3.8)4.2 (0.04)
CC/AG56 (53.8)120 (57.7)0.4 (0.5)
CC/GG20 (19.2)32 (15.4)0.7 (0.4)
CT/AA0 (0.0)8 (3.8)4.2 (0.04)20.4 (0.0004)
CT/AG20 (19.2)40 (19.2)0.0 (1.0)
CT/GG8 (7.7)0 (0.0)8.3 (0.0001)

“+”: present allele; “−”: null allele; “+,+”: homozygous present genotype; “−,−”: homozygote null genotype; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
significant difference between a specific combined genotype in cases and controls.
significant difference between combined genotypes in cases compared with controls.