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. 2015 Nov 26;5:14380. doi: 10.1038/srep14380

Table 5. List of PCSK2 SNPs associated with type 2 diabetes or glucose homeostatic parameters according to published data or GWAS database.

SNP name [Ref. No] Chromosome Position Genetic variants Phenotype Pvalue Ethnicity
CA repeat in intron 2 polymorphism [ref. 28] Chromosome 20 (CA)15–21 type 2 diabetes 0.0068 [(CA)21] Japanese
rs2208203 [ref. 45] 17,272,003 C/T reduced insulin secretion and lower fasting glucagon levels in non-diabetic individuals 1.3 × 10−6 (corrected insulin response during OGTT) 1.6 × 10−7 (disposition index) 0.0048 (fasting glucagon levels) Finland and Sweden
rs2021785 [ref. 27] 17,370,063 C/T Type 2 diabetes 0.00014 African Americans
rs1609659 [ref. 27] 17,170,735 A/G 0.028
rs4814597 [ref. 27] 17,159,633 G/A 0.039
rs2269023 [ref. 27] 17,381,079 T/C 0.043
rs2021785 [ref. 29] 17,370,063 C/T Type 2 diabetes 0.0335 Han Chinese
rs2206447 [ref. 46] 17,330,737 C/T Type 2 diabetes 0.007631 Caucasian
rs6080705 [ref. 46] 17,401,598 C/A HOMA-beta 0.008588
      HOMA-IR 0.02582
      FINS 0.01508