nominally significantP = 1E−03
In relation to why previous GWA studies have not previously identified ABCC5 as a T2D susceptibility gene, it is worth noting that while individual nominally significant SNP p-values nearest to the estimated ABCC5 variant location at 185,136 kb for the WTCCC (e.g. rs3749441, P = 1E−03), NIDDK (e.g. rs1016752, P = 0.04) and TwinsUK samples (e.g. rs8180093, P = 0.002) do not pass genome-wide significance ( α = 1E−05), when all the SNPs in the region are considered collectively as part of a multilocus model, they do provide strong evidence of association with T2D and insulin resistance (meta-analysis P = 3E−07).