A haplotype of all four investigated SNPs (rs3212227-rs17860508-rs10045431-rs6887695) showed a trend for association with CD (p = 0.053); however, this potential association signal did not reach statistical significance and was uncorrected for multiple testing.
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However, considering our limited sample size and the borderline significance of this interaction, which was lost after Bonferroni correction, this potential gene-gene interaction needs further analysis in very large cohorts or GWAS meta-analyses.