Table 2. Genes significantly correlated with plasma Cystatin C, and their eQTLs.

Gene name		ENTREZID	Gene location			Correlation			eQTL
	Symbol		Chr	Stand	Start (Mb)	r	p	adj.p	SNP Position		LOD
	Chr	Mb
T cell receptor alpha variable 16D-DV11	Trav16d-dv11	547329	Chr14	+	54.20	0.522	2.98x10−7	0.005
Cystatin C	Cst3	13010	Chr2	—	148.87	0.517	4.11x10−7	0.005	Chr2	148.7	15.99
Platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1	Pecam1	18613	Chr11	—	106.65	0.502	9.67x10−7	0.006	Chr6	136.7	9.50
Leupaxin	Lpxn	107321	Chr19	+	12.80	0.500	1.09x10−6	0.006
FYVE, RhoGEF and PH domain containing 2	Fgd2	26382	Chr17	+	29.36	0.476	4.10x10−6	0.019
Ribonuclease, RNase A family, 6	Rnase6	78416	Chr14	+	51.13	0.469	5.93x10−6	0.023
Cytokine receptor-like factor 3	Crlf3	54394	Chr11	—	80.05	0.461	9.03x10−6	0.030
Formin binding protein 1	Fnbp1	14269	Chr2	—	31.03	0.454	1.25x10−5	0.037
Zinc finger protein 768	Zfp768	233890	Chr7	—	127.34	−0.449	1.62x10−5	0.043
Protein kinase C, eta	Prkch	18755	Chr12	+	73.58	0.445	1.98x10−5	0.043
Selectin, platelet (p-selectin) ligand	Selplg	20345	Chr5	—	113.82	0.445	1.99x10−5	0.043