Research Article

Identification of Diabetic Retinopathy Genes through a Genome-Wide Association Study among Mexican-Americans from Starr County, Texas

Table 3

Regions with strongest imputation-inferred associations (P<.0001) using estimated allelic dosage under an adjusted additive genetic model.

LocationSNP with best P-value within this regionPosition*Best P-value§# of top SNPs within this regionNearest gene*

6p11-12rs6909083542902621.80E-057TINAG
6q22rs170831191214438092.76E-054C6orf170
1q23rs10334651712543534.50E-052TNFSF18
1p13rs115833301099250365.35E-051GNAI3
1q42rs30142672256195406.58E-051CDC42BPA
15q13rs11635920309999497.18E-054FMN1, GREM1
2q35-36rs67267982190090998.66E-051VIL1
10q21rs11812882597126318.85E-051ZCD1
2q35rs11064122190233018.91E-051USP37
3p24rs11927173232001989.39E-052UBE2E2
8q22rs30982411044944809.72E-052SLC25A32

*Affymetrix NetAffx annotation build 25, NCBI genome build 36.1
§P-value of logistic regression under additive genetic model, adjusted for age, gender, diabetes duration, and HbA1C level.