borderline significantp = 2.76×10 −8
When the analysis was stratified by gender, one additional SNP (rs549485) located about 350 kb apart from the SAA1 subregion at 11p14 in the secretion regulating guanine nucleotide exchange factor ( SERGEF ) gene showed a borderline significant association with A-SAA levels in men (p = 2.76×10 −8 ) in the meta-analysis.