No associations were found between the IKZF1 SNPs (rs11978267; rs7789635), DDC SNPs (rs3779084; rs880028; rs7809758), CDKN2A SNP (rs3731217), the CEBPE SNPs (rs2239633; rs12434881) and LMO1 SNPs (rs442264; rs3794012; rs4237770) with ALL in Yemeni children.
The CEBPE rs2239633 polymorphism increased B cell ALL ri</span>sk (OR = 1.29, 95 % CI 1.15-1.44, P < 0.01) and B hyperdiploid ALL risk (OR = 1.84, 95 % CI 1.40-2.43, P < 0.01).
The SNPs (IKZF1 rs11978267, ARID5B rs10821936 and rs10994982, CEBPE rs2239633) were genotyped in 265 cases [169 acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 96 acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)] and 505 controls by Taqman allelic discrimination assay.