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HTML

<input id="edit-gender-0" type="radio" name="" />
<input id="edit-gender-1" type="radio" name="" />

JavaScript

var chk="1";

if(chk==1){
    $('edit-gender-0').set('checked',1);
}

else if(chk==2){
    $('edit-gender-1').set('checked',0);
}