Although previous studies have confirmed highly significant associations between SNPs in the region and CVD and T2D, the many tests performed in this study could lead to a risk of false positive findings.
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The Chromosome 9p21 CVD- and T2D-Associated Regions in a Norwegian Population (The HUNT2 Survey).
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In exploratory analysis, we observed several nominally significant potentially novel single SNP associations for angina pectoris, previous MI, individuals with both AP and previous MI, and stroke in the 138 kb interval (Additional file 1).