showed a trendp < 0.05
We also found that ABCC8 rs1799859 was associated with higher [OR = 1.89 (1.03-3.46), p < 0.05] risk of atherosclerotic plaque after controlling for confounding variables, whilst KCNJ11 rs5219 showed a trend towards lower risk [OR = 0.54 (0.29-1.03), p < 0.05].