Table 3. LD (r²) between most 6 associated SNPs (p<0.005 from individual marker tests).

Location (bp dow nstream of VSTM4)	SNPID	rs7074818	rs4240498	rs6537494	rs4298825	rs4488117	rs12245255
11696	rs7074818	1.00	0.90	0.94	0.37	0.38	0.84
10038	rs4240498	0.90	1.00	0.96	0.37	0.40	0.90
9824	rs6537494	0.94	0.96	1.00	0.40	0.41	0.90
2915	rs4298825	0.37	0.37	0.40	1.00	0.94	0.42
312	rs4488117	0.38	0.40	0.41	0.94	1.00	0.45
Intragenic	rs12245255	0.84	0.90	0.90	0.42	0.45	1.00