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. 2023 Apr 27;18(4):e0281795. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281795

Table 4. Genetic risk analysis in the membranous nephropathy cohort using the lead SNPs from GWAS14, GWAS25 and GWAS36 from the imputed UK Biobank dataset.

MN RR (95% CI) GWAS OR
GWAS14
HLADQA1
rs2187668
CC 44/357516 (0.01%) 1
CT 39/118070 (0.03%) 2.68 (1.74–4.13)
TT 14/11622 (0.12%) 9.79 (5.36–17.85)
OR Per allele 3.11 (2.31–4.18) 4.32 (3.73–5.01)
PLA2R1
rs4664308
GG 11/81861 (0.01%) 1
AG 34/230759 (0.02%) 1.10 (0.56–2.16)
AA 52/174588 (0.03%) 2.22 (1.16–4.25)
OR Per allele 1.66 (1.22–2.26) 2.28 (1.9–2.64)
GWAS25
HLADQA1
rs9272729
GG 44/351417 (0.01%) 1
AG 41/117731 (0.04%) 2.78 (1.82–4.26)
AA 12/10747 (0.11%) 8.92 (4.71–16.88)
OR Per allele 2.99 (2.17–4.11) 6.86 (4.55–10.3)
PLA2R1
rs17830558
GG 22/138318 (0.02%) 1
TG 40/228842 (0.02%) 1.10 (0.65–1.85)
TT 33/105620 (0.03%) 1.96 (1.15–3.37)
OR Per allele 1.44 (1.08–1.90) 1.63 (1.23–2.15)
GWAS36 HLADRB1/DQA1
rs9271573
CC 24/170192 (0.01%) 1
AC 41/234411 (0.02%) 1.24 (0.75–2.05)
AA 32/82375 (0.04%) 2.75 (1.62–4.68)
OR per allele 1.70 (1.28–2.25) 2.41 (2.26–2.57)
PLA2R1
rs17831251
TT 11/80771 (0.014%) 1
CT 33/227843 (0.01%) 1.06 (0.54–2.10)
CC 51/172495 (0.03%) 2.17 (1.13–4.16)
OR per allele 1.67 (1.22–2.28) 2.25 (2.09–2.42)
NFKB1
rs230540
CC 11/59492 (0.02%) 1
CT 43/216576 (0.02%) 1.07 (0.55–2.08)
TT 41/205265 (0.02%) 1.08 (0.56–2.10)
OR per allele 0.97 (0.72–1.31) 1.25 (1.17–1.33)
IRF4
rs9405192
AA 4/33043 (0.01%) 1
GA 39/182247 (0.02%) 1.77 (0.63–4.95)
GG 54/259096 (0.02%) 1.72 (0.62–4.75)
OR per allele 0.90 (0.65–1.25) 1.29 (1.21–1.37)
GWAS14
SNP Combinations
HLADQA1
rs2187668
PLA2R1
rs4664308
CCGG 5/59756 (0.01%) 1
CCAG 17/168473 (0.01%) 1.21 (0.44–3.27)
CCAA 22/129287 (0.02%) 2.03 (0.77–5.37)
CTGG 4/20131 (0.02%) 2.37 (0.64–8.84)
CTAG 13/56717 (0.02%) 2.74 (0.98–7.68)
CTAA 22/41222 (0.05%) 6.38 (2.42–16.84)
TTAG 4/5569 (0.07%) 8.58 (2.31–31.96)
TTGG 2/1974 (0.10%) 12.11 (2.35–62.37)
TTAA 8/4079 (0.20%) 23.44 (7.67–71.62)
GWAS14
Risk Groups
Low Risk CCGG 5/59756 (0.01%) 1
Medium Risk All else 84/423373 (0.02%) 2.37 (0.96–5.85)
High Risk TTAA 8/4079 (0.20%) 23.44 (7.67–71.62)
GWAS14
PLA2R1 Groups
No PLA2R1 allele CCGG, CTGG, TTGG 11/81861 (0.01%) 1
PLA2R1 Allele All Else 86/405347 (0.02%) 1.58 (0.84–2.96)

MN—Membranous Nephropathy

RR—Relative Risk

CI—Confidence Interval

GWAS—Genome-wide Association Study

OR—Odds Ratio

SNP—Single Nucleotide Polymorphism.