Table 3.

SNPs demonstrating a significant association with blood pressure and sodium-lithium countertransport

Gene	SNP ID	SBP	DBP	SLC
		p-value (proportion of phenotypic variance attributable to the SNP)			LOD score for SLC at 55 cM*
TRPT	rs1748354	NS	0.03 (0.004)	NS	NA
YME1L1	rs9833	NS	NS	0.04 (0.004)	1.93
ZNF239	rs3763789	0.03 (0.005)	NS	NS	NA
ERCC6	rs1917801	NS	NS	0.02 (0.007)	1.94
DKK1	rs2241529	0.04 (0.006)	<0.01 (0.007)	NS	NA
MBL2	rs930507	<0.01 (0.007)	NS	<0.01 (0.006)	1.50
MBL2	rs1838065	0.03 (0.009)	NS	0.04 (0.007)	0.80

Variance-components models for evaluating association were adjusted for age, gender and triglyceride levels.

NS=not significant (p>0.05); NA=not applicable; SBP=systolic blood pressure; DBP=diastolic blood pressure; SLC=sodium-lithium countertransport

^*LOD score is reported at 55 cM for a linkage analysis model for SLC that includes each individual SNP.