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Table 2 Genes and communities identified in the Pain Questionnaire cohort associated with phenotypic and clinical features

From: Genetic risk factors for ME/CFS identified using combinatorial analysis

Gene

SNP (Most severe variant consequence—VEP)

SNP minor allele frequency

Gene association with phenotypic or clinical feature (p-value before multiple testing correction)

Community

Community association with phenotypic or clinical feature (p-value before multiple testing correction)

Gene association replicated in disjoint Verbal Interview Cohort

S100PBP

rs41306603 (3 prime UTR variant)

0.052

Males (p = 0.022)

1

Males (p = 0.016)

No

ATP9A

rs2904106 (intron variant)

0.271

Males (p = 0.016)

1

Males (p = 0.016)

Yes

KCNB1

rs237475 (intron variant)

0.472

Males (p = 0.016)

1

Males (p = 0.016)

No

CLOCK

rs6832769 (3 prime UTR variant)

0.362

Fibromyalgia, ICD-10: M79.7 (p = 0.026); Other soft tissue disorders, ICD-10: M79 (p = 0.044)

2

Fibromyalgia, ICD-10: M79.7 (p = 0.026); Other soft tissue disorders, ICD-10: M79 (p = 0.044)

No

SLC15A4

rs2398428 (intergenic variant)

0.269

 

3

 

No

TMEM232

rs58264436 (intergenic variant)

0.394

 

6

 

No

GPC5

rs16947237 (intron variant)

0.155

 

7

 

No

PHACTR2

rs9403525 (intron variant)

0.448

Thyroiditis, ICD10-10: E06 (p = 0.033)

8

Thyroiditis, ICD10-10: E06 (p = 0.033)

No

AKAP1

rs3785477 (intron variant)

0.398

 

9

 

No

USP6NL

rs2499908 (intergenic variant)

0.235

 

12

 

No

CDON

rs73021223 (intron variant)

0.093

Illness, injury, bereavement, stress in last 2 years 2014 + (p = 0.023)

13

 

No

INSR

rs59165976 (intron variant)

0.388

 

14

 

No

SLC6A11

rs2304725 (synonymous variant)

0.319

Phenylalanine levels in plasma (p = 0.022); Illness, injury, bereavement, stress in last 2 years 2019 + (p = 0.003)

15

Illness, injury, bereavement, stress in last 2 years 2019 + (p = 0.003)

Yes

SULF2

rs56218501/ Affx-16805420 (missense variant)

0.213

Phenylalanine levels in plasma (p = 0.022); Illness, injury, bereavement, stress in last 2 years 2019 + (p = 0.003)

15

Illness, injury, bereavement, stress in last 2 years 2019 + (p = 0.003)

No