Table 1

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and their proxys for the independent rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility loci considered for analysis. The shared epitope is not defined by SNP markers, but by a list of 4-digit HLA-DRB1 alleles described in the methods section

ChromosomeLocus nameSingle nucleotide polymorphism markers
1CD2/CD58rs11586238
1FCGR2Ars12746613rs10494360
1MMEL1/TNFRSF14rs10910099rs3890745
1PTPN22rs2476601rs6679677
1PTPRCrs10919563rs1932435
2AFF3 locus 1rs1160542rs11676922rs9653442
2AFF3 locus 2rs10865035
2CD28rs1980422
2CTLA4rs3087243rs231804
2RELrs13031237
2SPRED2rs934734rs17534670
2STAT4rs7574865
3DNASE1L3/PXKrs13315591rs9813011
4IL2/IL21rs6822844rs13151961
4RBPJrs874040rs10517086
5ANKRD55/IL6STrs6859219
5GIN1/C5orf30rs26232rs35797
6CCR6rs3093023rs6907666rs3093024
6HLA-DRB1 0401 tagrs6910071
6PRDM1rs548234
6TAGAPrs394581rs169858
6TNFAIP3 locus 1rs6920220rs2327832
6TNFAIP3 locus 2rs13207033rs10499194
6TNFAIP3 locus 3rs5029937rs5029939
7IRF5rs10488631rs12531711
8BLKrs2736340
9CCL21 locus 1rs951005
9CCL21 locus 2rs2812378rs10814138
9TRAF1/C5rs3761847
10IL2RA locus 1rs706778rs10795791rs7072793
10IL2RA locus 2rs2104286
10PRKCQrs4750316rs10796045
11RAG1/TRAF6rs540386rs5030437rs1046864
12KIF5A/PIP4K2Crs1678542rs11172254
20CD40rs4810485rs1569723
22IL2RBrs3218253rs3218258