Table 2. Association of AVPR1A and SLC6A4 SNPs, and 5 -HTTLPR, with singer/non-musician status.
Gene/polymorphism | Location (basepairs) | Individual alleles (minor/major) | Minor allele frequency in choral singers (n = 261) | Minor allele frequency in non-musicians (n = 258) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value |
AVPR1A | ||||||
rs1042615 | 63544209 | A/G | 0.42 | 0.42 | 1.01 (0.79–1.29) | 0.93 |
rs10877969 | 63547239 | C/T | 0.14 | 0.14 | 1.05 (0.74–1.50) | 0.78 |
rs11174811 | 63540476 | A/C | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.94 (0.67–1.33) | 0.73 |
SLC6A4 | ||||||
5-HTTLPR | 28564498+ | (La+Lg)/(Sa+Sg)* | 0.42 | 0.40 | 1.10 (0.83–1.45) | 0.50 |
rs2020933 | 28561755 | T/A | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.81 (0.47–1.41) | 0.46 |
rs2066713 | 28551665 | A/G | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.81 (0.63–1.04) | 0.09 |
rs2020939 | 28550732 | A/G | 0.44 | 0.39 | 1.24 (0.97–1.59) | 0.08 |
rs8076005 | 28547210 | G/A | 0.20 | 0.20 | 1.02 (0.75–1.39) | 0.89 |
rs2020942 | 28546914 | T/C | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.81 (0.63–1.04) | 0.11 |
rs140700 | 28543389 | T/C | 0.10 | 0.10 | 1.02 (0.69–1.53) | 0.90 |
rs4583306 | 28538715 | G/A | 0.42 | 0.38 | 1.18 (0.92–1.51) | 0.19 |
rs140701 | 28538532 | T/C | 0.42 | 0.38 | 1.19 (0.93–1.52) | 0.17 |
rs4325622 | 28526475 | C/T | 0.47 | 0.43 | 1.15 (0.90–1.47) | 0.25 |
rs3813034 | 28524804 | C/A | 0.46 | 0.43 | 1.14 (0.90–1.46) | 0.28 |
*At 5-HTTLPR long alleles La and Lg have been combined, as have short alleles Sa and Sg, to permit analysis as a bi-allelic marker.