Rs7582694

From SNPedia

Several tightly linked SNPs in the STAT4 gene have been linked to risk for risk haplotype for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The strongest association is found for either of two perfectly linked SNP alleles, rs10181656(G) and rs7582694(C), both yielding an odds ratio of 1.71 in this study of ~700 Swedish SLE patients.[PMID 18579578]

The risk for SLE was also calculated to increase as a function of the total number of risk alleles for this SNP plus 2 others in the IRF5 gene, rs10488631 and a CGGGG indel lacking an rs#. Compared to individuals with 0 or 1 risk alleles, the risk for SLE increased 1.82-fold for each additional risk allele from this group. The odds ratio for SLE is 2.08 (CI: 1.53-2.83) for carriers of 2 risk alleles, and goes up to 13.0 (CI: 3.78-44.3) for carriers of 5 or 6 risk alleles (compared to those with 0 or 1). [PMID 18579578]