Table 2. QTL for atherosclerosis at the aortic arch identified by genome-wide single scan.

	Chr	Peak (cM)	CI (cM)	Peak (Mb)	CI (Mb)	LOD	Significance	High Allele	Mode of Inheritance
Female and Male	2	68	61–73	137	123–148	7.0	Significant	DBA	Additive
	10	26	17–52	51	30–101	5.1	Significant	129	Additive
	19	34	17–39	39	22–46	3.2	Suggestive	129	Recessive
Male	2	65	58–74	153	132–165	4.0	Significant	DBA	Additive
	10	22	12–53	46	26–111	4.0	Significant	129	Additive
	19	33	16–39	43	25–48	3.1	Suggestive	129	Recessive
Female	2	72	36–74	132	51–134	3.3	Suggestive	DBA	Additive

Model of inheritance was determined according to allelic effect at the nearest marker of a QTL by performing linear regression using the additive and dominant/recessive models. Significant QTL are shown in bold letters. CI, 95% confidence interval.