VDR and hepatocellular carcinoma: VDR rs7975232 (dominant comparison OR = 1.58, 95% CI 1.04–2.39; over-dominant comparison OR = 0.80, 95% CI 0.65–0.98) and rs2228570 (dominant comparison OR = 1.54, 95% CI 1.25–1.89; recessive comparison OR = 0.67, 95 % CI 0.54–0.84; allele comparison OR = 1.34, 95% CI 1.06–1.68) polymorphisms were found to be significantly associated with HCC in overall combined analyses.