Given a passage with a question and an answer to that question, classify if the answer actually answers the question into 'yes' or 'no'. Output 'yes' if the answer answers the question and output 'no' if the answer does not answer the question.
Q: Question: Do variants in the Mannose-binding Lectin Gene MBL2 Associate With Sepsis Susceptibility or Survival in a Large European Cohort?
Answer: In this large, well-defined cohort of immune competent adult patients, no associations between MBL2 genotype and sepsis susceptibility or outcome were identified.
A:
no