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Gut 58:1063-1069 doi:10.1136/gut.2008.167353
  • Oesophagus

Collagen type III alpha I is a gastro-oesophageal reflux disease susceptibility gene and a male risk factor for hiatus hernia

Table 3 Genetic association of eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spread over collagen type III alpha I (COL3A1) in the Trio cohort and in the extended adult case–control cohort
Number SNP Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease Hiatus hernia
Trios, all Trios, males Case–control, all Case–control, males
p Value p Value pcorr p Value pcorr p Value pcorr
1 rs12693520 0.18 0.0167 0.08 0.85 1.00 0.45 0.95
2 rs6434304 0.042 0.0037 0.018 0.95 1.00 0.25 0.76
3 rs2056156 0.21 0.0913 0.37 0.068 0.31 0.04 0.19
4 rs3106798 0.30 0.11 0.42 0.028 0.14 0.09 0.40
5 rs7579903 0.055 0.023 0.12 0.0037 0.022 0.44 0.94
6 rs1800255 0.092 0.068 0.31 0.44 0.95 0.09 0.37
7 rs1040187 0.95 0.76 1,0 0.14 0.54 0.38 0.90
8 rs3134646 0.91 0.39 0,91 0.025 0.13 0.003 0.019
  • Only the males from the Trio cohort show significant genetic association for SNP number 2 after multiple testing adjustments with a pcorr of 0.018. There is no gender bias in the adult case control cohort. Significant association for GORD in the case–control cohort was identified for SNP number 5 with a pcorr of 0.022. COL3A1 is also associated with hiatus hernia in the adult case–control cohort. The associated SNP, number 8, has a pcorr of 0.019. The identified association is male specific. The patient overlap is 98 individuals, eg, having both GORD and hiatus hernia.

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