Table 2 p-values for association with MS status in different datasets.

From: Two genetic variants explain the association of European ancestry with multiple sclerosis risk in African-Americans

Dataset

p-value for association with MS status at top CD58 variant

p-value for association with MS status at top FCRL3 variant

Europeans

3.32 × 10−32

3.24 × 10−6

African-Americans before conditioning

2.51 × 10−3

1.80 × 10−2

African-Americans after conditioning on top CD58 variant

1.10 × 10−1

1.97 × 10−2

African-Americans after conditioning on top CD58 and FCRL3 variants

1.24 × 10−1

5.83 × 10−2

  1. European dataset is the MS Chip association signal15. African-American dataset is the 2007 subset of the new cohort. The CD58 variant is rs12025416, and the FCRL3 variant is rs6681271.
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