| DN | diabetic nephropathy; |
| GWASs | Genome-Wide Association Studies; |
| GWLS | Genome-Wide Linkage Studies; |
| HWE | Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium; |
| MAF | Minor Allele Frequency; |
| ORG | Generalized Odds Ratio; |
| PAI-1 | Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; |
| serpin | serine proteinase inhibitor; |
| SERPINE1 | serpin family E member 1; |
| SNPs | Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms; |
| T1DM | type 1 diabetes mellitus; |
| T2DM | type 2 diabetes mellitus; |
| tPA | tissue plasminogen activator; |
| uPA | urokinase. |