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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2014 Dec 4;8(1):131–140. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.114.000613

Table 2.

Lead SNPs of the top loci associated with plasma renin activity (PRA) in the discovery cohorts. Replication with respect to circulating aldosterone levels and plasma renin concentration (PRC) in the PREVEND sample.

Meta-analysis of the discovery samples (FHS Gen 3+SUVIMAX)

SNP Position Trait Chr MAF Coded allele Direction P-value Gene
rs12374220 183677641 PRA 4 0.0651 T -- 6.92×10-9 TENM3
rs5030062 187936874 PRA 3 0.3889 A -- 8.57×10-9 KNG1
rs4253311 187411677 PRA 4 0.4828 A -- 5.51×10-8 KLKB1

Replication sample (PREVEND)

SNP Trait N Coded allele Beta P Trait N Coded allele Beta P

rs12374220 Aldosterone 5,894 T -0.026 0.126 PRC 6325 T 0.0046 0.886
rs5030062 Aldosterone 5,865 A 0.017 0.024 PRC 6296 A -0.046 0.001
rs4253311 Aldosterone 5,875 A 0.028 <0.001 PRC 6308 A -0.065 <0.001

SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; FHS, Framingham Heart Study; Gen 3, Third Generation cohort; SUVIMAX, Supplémentation en Vitamines et Minéraux Antioxydants; PREVEND, Prevention of REnal and Vascular ENd-stage Disease; KNG1, kininogen 1; KLKB1, kallikrein B; Chr, chromosome; MAF, minor allele frequency; TENM3, teneurin transmembrane protein 3