highly significantp < 0.001
In males, risk association was seen for both the heterozygous and the mutant genotypes, with OR=2.683, 95% CI=1.193-6.034 and p=0.017 and OR=5.902, 95% CI=2.628-13.255 and p < 0.001 respectively, whereas for females, only the mutant GG genotype revealed risk association, with OR=9.248, 95% CI=2.666-32.077 and a highly significant p < 0.001.