Research Article

Human Lipoxygenase Pathway Gene Variation and Association with Markers of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Diabetes Heart Study

Table 3

Significance of association tests of ALOX12, ALOX15, ALOX5, and ALOX5AP SNPs with measures of atherosclerosis, independent of epidemiologic risk factors.

P-values*
GeneLD BlockSNPCorCPCarCPAorCPIMT

ALOX12 rs9904779 0.308 0.853 0.5330.874
(1 block)1 rs2292350 0.523 0.552 0.4360.827
rs2271316 0.061 0.839 0.5550.683

ALOX15 rs11568061 0.654 0.334 0.1420.415
(2 blocks)2 rs2515889 0.628 0.413 0.3710.245
1 rs2619112 0.872 0.117 0.4250.296

ALOX51 rs745986 0.183 0.743 0.1570.478
(8 blocks)2 rs2115819 0.09 0.553 0.1080.286
3 rs892691 0.67 0.192 0.740.849
4 rs3780906 0.603 0.2030.5410.09
7 rs2291427 0.1140.9640.4230.336

ALOX5AP rs17244974 0.2510.5720.4920.173
(5 blocks)1 rs4769055 0.2010.8050.2420.376
2 rs10507391 0.2880.0850.6480.473
3 rs9551960 0.5910.1360.1740.591
4 rs9506352 0.0970.3690.1880.511
5 rs4769060 0.0730.3780.4560.299

*Analyses performed using the quantitative pedigree disequilibrium test (QPDT); P-values adjusted for age, gender, diabetes status, smoking status, lipid lowering medication use, BMI, estrogen use, aspirin use, and hypertension medication use.