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A quantitative <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MG<\/jats:styled-content> score decreasing by \u22653 units or becoming zero was defined as sensitivity to <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content>s.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The rs17209237* G allele was less frequent in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> insensitive group compared with the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> sensitive group [<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.013, odds ratio (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>) 0.119]. The rs9324921* A allele was more frequent in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> insensitive group than in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> sensitive group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.046, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> 1.94). Carriers of the rs17209237 G allele were less frequent in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> insensitive group than in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> sensitive group (dominant model, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.009). Carriers of the rs9324921 A allele were more frequent in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> insensitive group than in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> sensitive group (dominant model, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.037). 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