Table 1. Short Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) analysed in the study.

region	rs#	gene name	localization	Reference Allele	Rare Allel
5p15.33	rs2736100	telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT)	intronic	T	G
	rs2736098	telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT)	A [Ala] ⇒ A [Ala]	G	A
	rs402710	CLPTM1-like (CLPTM1L)	intronic	C**	T
5p14	rs17374971*	not located in gene	----	T	C
5q12.3	rs1387630	not located in gene	----	T	C
6p22.1	rs4324798	not located in gene	----	G	A
6p21.3	rs3131379	mutS homolog 5 (E. coli) (MSH5)	intronic	C	T
6q23	rs1545092	not located in gene	----	T	C
6q24.2	rs4286803	not located in gene	----	T	C
6q24.3	rs1007475	not located in gene	----	A	C
6q25	rs671330	not located in gene	----	G	A
6q27	rs7452888	not located in gene	----	A	G
15q25	rs8034191	aminoglycoside phosphotransferase domain containing 1 (AGPHD1)	intronic	T	C
	rs16969968	cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 5 (CHRNA5)	D [Asp] ⇒ N [Asn]	G	A

*not in Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium in one of control groups, excluded from further analysis.

**Note that in other studies minor allele (T) was the reference allele.