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. 2009 Aug 6;4(8):e6540. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006540

Table 3. The allelic frequencies and associations between reduced sperm counts and common polymorphisms in the MTRR gene.

Gene SNP AA substitution Genotype Cases Controls Odds Ratio (95%CI) Chi2 p value
Azoospermic Oligozoospermic
n % n % n % Azoospermic Oligozoospermic Azoo Oligo Azoo Oligo
MTRR c.66A>G p.122M GG 19 28.79 61 35.26 42 37.84
AG 39 59.09 93 53.76 57 51.35 1.512 (0.768–2.978) 1.123 (0.672–1.876) 1.438 0.198 0.2304 0.6566
AA 8 12.12 19 10.98 12 10.81 1.474 (0.518–4.195) 1.090 (0.479–2.481) 0.531 0.042 0.4661 0.837
AG+AA 47 71.21 112 64.74 69 62.16 1.506 (0.781–2.904) 1.118 (0.682–1.833) 1.501 0.194 0.2205 0.6593
A allele frequency 55 41.67 131 37.86 81 36.49 1.501 (0.791–2.850) 1.114 (0.689–1.802) 1.551 0.192 0.213 0.6611
c.524C>T p.S175L CC 29 41.43 61 34.08 35 31.53
CT 30 42.86 78 43.57 60 54.05 0.603 (0.312–1.166) 0.746 (0.437–1.274) 2.271 1.157 0.1318 0.2821
TT 11 15.71 40 22.35 16 14.42 0.830 (0.333–2.066) 1.434 (0.703–2.927) 0.161 0.987 0.6881 0.3205
CT+TT 41 58.57 118 65.92 76 68.47 0.651 (0.344–1.212) 0.891 (0.537–1.478) 1.84 0.201 0.175 0.6542
T allele Frequency 52 37.14 158 44.13 92 41.44 0.682 (0.375–1.240) 0.985 (0.604–1.606) 1.578 0.003 0.2091 0.9529