borderline significancep = 0.055
When analyzing R1398H according to ethnicities, the protective association was detectable with borderline significance in Malays (OR 0.495, 95% CI 0.24–1.01, p = 0.055), but the results were not significant in the Chinese (OR 0.808, 95% CI 0.54–1.22 p = 0.306) and Indians (OR 0.571, 95% CI 0.19–1.71 p = 0.317).