Table 3.

Pairs of Variant Alleles Observed to Have Suggestively Significant Association with the Severity of Atherosclerosis as Represented by Gensini Scores

Marker I (background) Marker 2 (additional variant) Q1 vs Q5
combined gender females only
apoE (3/4, 4/4)CBS278thr/68-bp I*
apoCIII (−625)del orapoCIII (−455)C apoBIle-71*
apoCIII3206G apoB Ile-71*
PON192arg apoBIle-71*
PON 192arg ACE(I/D, D/D)*
ACE (I/D, D/D) apoB Ile-71**
ATIIR1166C AGT Thr-235*
ATIIR1166C CBS Thr278/68-bp I*
AGT 235thr apoBIle-71**
AGT 235thr ATIIR1166C*
CBS 278thr/68-bp I apoCIII (−625)del or apoCIII(−455)C*
CBS 278thr/68-bp I apoCIII (−428T)C*
GPIIIa33pro ATIIR 1166C* *
fibrinogen(−455)A apoB Ile-71*
          ▴ Predisposing:35
          ▾ Protective:07

[i] For each pair listed, the odds ratio corresponds to the risk associated with carrying a second variant allele (relative to the more frequent allele of Marker 2) within the set of individuals who carried a first variant allele (the background marker). A total of 15 markers were analyzed in this pairwise manner. Both combined-gender and female-only quintiles were evaluated, as described in Methods. (**)P < 0.01; (*) 0.001 ≤ P < 0.05; (—) P > 0.05.