nominally significantP < 0.05
We considered a SNP-lipid association to be validated if (i) the SNP was significantly associated ( P < 5 × 10 −8 ) in the unadjusted BHS discovery GWAS; (ii) the direction of effect was concordant between the validation meta-analysis and the BHS discovery analysis; and (iii) the association was nominally significant ( P < 0.05; less conservative) or reached the Bonferroni significance threshold ( P < 2.34 × 10 −5 ) in the validation meta-analysis.