Figure 4: Comparison of variant level-effects with arterial stiffness index and with coronary artery disease shows inconsistency.
Variant-level effect estimates (from CARDIOGRAMplusC4D) from variants at 77 independent known CAD loci, were compared to their ASI associations. Highlighted are 5 out of the 77 variants with at least suggestive significance with ASI (P<0.005), showing that ASI-raising alleles have inconsistent effects on CAD risk. The variant-level summary statistics for these 77 variants across are detailed in Supplementary Tables XII-XIII.
ASI = arterial stiffness index, CAD = coronary artery disease