Table 2 Different loci selected within the vitamin D receptor sequence and their corresponding primers used during PCR-RFLP method.

Exon 2

rs2228570

C/T

F: 5'-CCTGGCACTGACTCTGGCTCTG-3'

R: 5'-GGCTCCCTTCATGGA AACACCT-3'

270

FokI

207/63

Intron 2

rs3782905

C/G

F: 5'-AAGACATGGTGTCTGCTTCA-3'

R: 5'-GGTTAGATCGATATGTTTGA-3'

304

DdeI

223/81

Intron 8

rs1544410

G/A

F: 5'-GGTGGGACTGAAGAAGCTGAAC-3'

R: 5'-CTTTGGACCTCATCACCGACAT-3'

613

BsmI

357/256

Intron 8

rs7975232

A/C

F: 5'-GTAGAATAGAAGGAGGGAAGC-3'

R:5'-AGAGGCAGCGGTACTGCTTGGAGTG-3'

662

ApaI

424/238

Exon 9

rs731236

T/C

F: 5'-GTAGAATAGAAGGAGGGAAGC-3'

R: 5'-AGCTTCATGCTGCACTCAGGCT-3'

690

Taq^αI

504/186