Table 1.

Six markers included in the analysis of prostate cancer risk

Gene	Polymorphism	Chromosomal location	Variation	Risk allele in the “first half” data
				Allele	Frequency in cases	Frequency in controls
ARa	rs4045402	X, Xq11.2-q12	≤22/>22	>22	0.44	0.37
CYP17	rs743572	10, 10q24.3	A/G	A	0.62	0.59
GSTT1	del. of gene	22, 22q11.23	A/-	A	0.66	0.61
MSR1	IVS5-59C>A	8, 8p22	C/A	C	0.98	0.96
SRD5A2	rs676033	2, 2p23	C/T	T	0.36	0.32
SRD5A2	rs523349	2, 2p23	C/G	G	0.34	0.32