nominally significantP = 0.055
Stratified analysis based on gender, also revealed statistically significant higher occurrence of three haplotypes ( A-A-C-C-T-C-T , A-G-T-A-C-T-C and G-A-C-C-T-C-T ) in the male probands ( P ≤ 0.005; OR > 3) and nominally significant higher occurrence of the A-G-C-C-T-C-T haplotype in the female probands ( P = 0.055; OR = 8.23) as compared to sex-matched controls (Table 3 ).