VDR and hepatocellular carcinoma: We therefore tested the hypothesis of a link between VDR SNPs rs7970376 (G/A), rs11568820 (A/G), rs4516035 (T/C), rs2228570 (Fok1) (C/T), rs1544410 (Bsm-1) (G/A), rs731236 (Taq1) (T/C), and rs739837 (G/T) with cirrhosis and HCC in patients with chronic HCV infection.