Table 3

Risk (odds ratio) of NTD in NTD cases and NTD case mothers at seven candidate gene loci

NTD casesNTD case mothers
OR[95% CI]p valueOR[95% CI]p value
MTHFR 677CT
CC v CT+TT2.03[1.09, 3.79]0.0250.72[0.37, 1.39]
MTHFR 1298AC
AA v AC+CC1.63[0.89, 3.00]1.55[0.83, 2.88]
MTRR 66AG
AA v AG+GG0.31[0.10, 0.94]0.040.46[0.19, 1.09]
GCPII 1561CT
CC v CT+TT1.05[0.53, 2.09]1.09[0.59, 2.02]
CβS 844ins68
WW v WI+II1.27[0.53, 3.02]1.22[0.56, 2.69]
RFC-1 80GA
GG v GA+AA1.29[0.65, 2.55]0.69[0.35, 1.36]
SHMT 1420CT
CC v CT+TT0.92[0.67, 1.27]0.64[0.36, 1.14]