Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder affecting approximately 1% of the general population worldwide.1 It has a high incidence in the general population, a poor prognosis and a poor outcome, in that it has become a major social problem. Family, twin, and adoption studies have clearly shown that a genetic component is quite likely to play an important role in determining susceptibility to schizophrenia. The genome-wide scan indicates that several chromosomal regions are linked to schizophrenia, some of which have been replicated independently including 6p21-24, 8p21-22, 13q14-33 and 22q11-12.2,3 This study was designed to detect two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in the 13q14-33 region, rs188608 at the STK24 locus and rs2892679 at the GPC6 locus, among Chinese population.