Table 3. Significant and suggestive QTL for carotid atherosclerosis identified in combined cross analysis of data from the current cross and the two previously reported crosses.

Locus	Chr	Trait	LOD	Peak (cM)	95% C.I.	Peak (Mb)	95% C.I. (Mb)
	2	Carotid lesion	2.77	80.22	44.22–98.22	159.59	71.96–170.59
	3	Carotid lesion	2.31	50.01	26.01–64.01	114.85	56.96–138.77
Cath7	5	Carotid lesion	3.84	39.05	34.19–44.28	65.31	61.51–69.16
Cath2	5	Carotid lesion	8.06	66.35	63.84–70.35	127.32	124.83–131.29
Cath4	6	Carotid lesion	2.15	66.21	1.53–88.79	120.60	6.44–145.75
Cath8	9	Carotid lesion	3.92	75.33	66.37–75.33	114.09	103.61–114.09
	11	Carotid lesion	3.02	26.1	18.2–32.2	45.28	30.91–54.19
	11	Carotid lesion	3.32	51	17.99–69.99	83.84	30.91–105.15
Cath1	12	Carotid lesion	9.95	32.59	23.47–44.59	70.23	48.06–88.56
Cath3	13	Carotid lesion	9.49	53.35	36.02–56.02	100.5	68.40–103.48
Cath5	15	Carotid lesion	2.35	11.26	3.8–37.8	30.76	7.87–71.92
	16	Carotid lesion	2.94	41.66	28.95–43.66	64.11	37.35–72.76
Cath6	18	Carotid lesion	3.01	39.73	31.73–41.73	62.50	56.27–65.17
	19	Carotid lesion	2.74	2.43	2.43–26.43	3.65	3.65–36.64

LOD score threshold for suggestive QTL was 2.128 and was 3.508 for significant QTL. Significant QTL are highlighted in bold. Chr, chromosome; LOD, logarithm of the odds; QTL, quantitative trait loci.