The association of previously reported polymorphisms for microvascular complications in a meta-analysis of diabetic retinopathy.

Hum Genet · 2015 · PMC4291513 · PMID 25487307

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Fisher’s combined probability test did not show statistically significant evidence for association ( P = 0.54); yet, Stouffer’s Z score method which considers the direction of association showed a marginally significant collective evidence for association with SDR at these 34 loci ( P = 0.04).

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nominally significantno p-value reported

rs1571942 and rs12219125 at PLXDC2 locus showed nominally significant (<0.05) association with SDR in the same direction as previous report, as did rs1801282 in PPARG gene with MDR.

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