In the AA case-control sample, as shown in Table 3, the allele frequency distributions for both SNP3 and SNP8, and the genotype frequency distribution for SNP8 in cases, were not significantly different from controls. The genotype frequency distribution for SNP3 in cases was significantly different from controls, however the difference did not reach statistical significance while adjusted for sex and age, and corrected for multiple testing (P=0.028, α=0.025). We failed to observe an interaction between SNP3 and SNP8 having a significant effect on CD in the AA case-control sample.