highly significantP value = 1.40 × 10 –17
While platelet counts were positively associated with the PM (β = 0.29; P value = 8.23 × 10 –30 ; Additional file 6 : Table S5), the association between rs1354034 and the PM was still highly significant when conditioning on platelet counts (β = −0.33; P value = 1.40 × 10 –17 ).