Supplementary Table 1 | Loci associated with SSc and its clinical phenotypes in candidate-gene studies and genome-wide association studies Gene SNP (associated allele/genotype) Association with Population STAT4 rs7574865 (T allele) lcSSc lcSSc ACA+ SSc SSc European Japanese Japanese French NorthAmerican SSc ANA+ Fibrosing alveolitis SSc dcSSc ATA+ SSc dcSSc SSc dcSSc ATA+ SSc IRF5 rs11889341 (dominant A allele) rs2004640 (TT genotype) rs10954213 (AA genotype) rs2280714 (AA genotype) TBX21 BANK1 rs11650354 (TT genotype) rs10516487 (G allele) SSc dcSSc ATA+ rs10516487 (T allele) rs17266594 (T allele) dcSSc SSc dcSSc ATA+ rs3733197 (G allele) dcSSc ATA+ BLK rs3733197 (A allele) rs2736340 (TT genotype) dcSSc SSc ACA+ Size (tested phenotype/HC ) 1317/3113 282/590 87/590 885/970 902/4745 Odds Ratio (95% Confidence interval) 1.54 (1.36–1.74) 1.35 (1.10–1.66) 1.62 (1.17–2.22) 1.29 (1.11–1.51) 1.29 (1.20–1.50) Reference French French French 881/760 608/760 280/760 1.58 (1.18–2.11) 1.59 (1.16–2.17) 2.07 (1.38–3.11) Dieude et al. (2009)S3 Dieude et al. (2009)S3 Dieude et al. (2009)S3 Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese NorthAmerican European and North American European and North American European and North American European 281/477 142/477 87/477 281/477 142/477 281/477 142/477 87/477 902/4745 1.23 1.27 1.56 1.41 1.38 1.72 2.05 2.10 3.37 Ito et al. (2009)S5 Ito et al. (2009)S5 Ito et al. (2009)S5 Ito et al. (2009)S5 Ito et al. (2009)S5 Ito et al. (2009)S5 Ito et al. (2009)S5 Ito et al. (2009)S5 Gourh et al. (2009)S4 2362/3248 1.12 (1.03–1.22) Rueda et al. (2010)S6 770/3284 1.20 (1.05–1.37) Rueda et al. (2010)S6 435/3284 1.20 (1.02–1.41) Rueda et al. (2010)S6 431/1118 0.77 (0.64–0.93) Dieude et al. (2009)S7 European North American European North American European North American European North American European North American European and 2351/3231 1.14 (1.05–1.25) Rueda et al. (2010)S6 and 613/3231 1.23 (1.08–1.41) Rueda et al. (2010)S6 and 478/3231 1.24 (1.05–1.46) Rueda et al. (2010)S6 and 613/3143 1.15 (1.02–1.31) Rueda et al. (2010)S6 and 447/3143 1.26 (1.07–1.47) Rueda et al. (2010)S6 431/1137 0.73 (0.61–0.87) Dieude et al. (2009)S7 1639/1416 1.71 (1.2–2.4) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 510/1416 2.27 (1.5–3.5) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 European and North American European and North American (0.91–1.65) (0.87–1.85) (0.98-2.49) (1.0.1–1.96) (0.90–2.10) (1.18–2.50) (1.23–3.41) (1.12–3.95) (2.40–4.60) Rueda et al. (2009)S1 Tsuchiya et al. (2009)S2 Tsuchiya et al. (2009)S2 Dieude et al. (2009)S3 Gourh et al. (2009)S4 rs2736340 (CT genotype) and 1639/1416 1.31 (1.1–1.5) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 and 510/1416 1.6 (1.2–2.0) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 and 1639/1416 1.25 (1.1–1.4) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 and 510/1416 1.42 (1.2–1.7) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 309/769 1.45 (1.17–1.79) Ito et al. (2010)S9 1059/698 1.2 (1.1–1.5) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 174/698 1.4 (1.1–1.9) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 1059/698 1.2 (1.04–1.4) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 300/698 1.3 (1.1–1.6) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 174/698 1.3 (1.02–1.7) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 SSc NorthAmerican NorthAmerican NorthAmerican NorthAmerican NorthAmerican European 2856/2920 1.15 (1.02–1.31) lcSSc European 1608/2920 1.22 (1.07–1.38) ACA+ European 828/2920 1.23 (1.10–1.37) SSc 1059/698 0.8 (0.7–0.97) 193/698 1.4 (1.1–1.8) Gourh et al. (2010)S8 lcSSc NorthAmerican NorthAmerican European Bossini-Castillo et al. (2011)S10 Bossini-Castillo et al. (2011)S10 Bossini-Castillo et al. (2011)S10 Gourh et al. (2010)S8 1673/2977 1.1 (1.01–1.20) ACA+ European 860/2977 1.12 (1.01–1.25) lcSSc European 1653/2946 0.91 (0.83–0.99) ACA+ European 856/2912 0.90 (0.80–1.00) SSc European 2894/2991 1.18 (1.08-1.29) lcSSc European 1639/2991 1.20 (1.09–1.33) ACA+ European 840/2991 1.22 (1.07–1.38) FA ATA+ SSc European European European and North American French French French French European and US European and US 674/1587 536/1587 5049/9740 1.19 (1.05–1.36) 1.23 (1.07–1.41) 0.85 (0.81–0.89) Bossini-Castillo et al. (2011)S10 Bossini-Castillo et al. (2011)S10 Bossini-Castillo et al. (2011)S10 Bossini-Castillo et al. (2011)S10 Bossini-Castillo et al. (2011)S10 Bossini-Castillo et al. (2011)S10 Bossini-Castillo et al. (2011)S10 Dieude et al. (2011)S11 Dieude et al. (2011)S11 Radstake et al. (2010)S12 1031/1014 308/1014 643/1014 346/1014 3360/10143 0.78 0.79 0.79 0.78 0.75 (0.68–0.88) (0.65–0.95) (0.69–0.92) (0.65–0.93) (0.69–0.81) Dieude et al. (2011)S13 Dieude et al. (2011)S13 Dieude et al. (2011)S13 Dieude et al. (2011)S13 Gorlova et al. (2011)S14 3360/10143 1.15 (1.09–1.22) Gorlova et al. (2011)S14 SSc ACA+ rs13277113 (AA genotype) SSc ACA+ TNFSF4/ OX40L rs13277113 (A allele) rs2205960 (T allele) SSc SSc ATA+ rs1234314 (G allele) SSc ACA+ ATA+ rs844648 (A allele) ARA+ rs844644 (A allele) rs12039904 (T allele) NLRP1 rs8182352 (C allele) CD247 rs2056626 (G allele) IRF8 GRB10 rs11642873 (A allele) rs12540874 (A allele) SSc dcSSc lcSSc FA lcSSc lcSSc European North American European North American European North American European North American Japanese SOX5 TNIP1 rs11047102 (C allele) rs2233287 (A allele) rs2233287 (A allele) rs4958881 ACA+ SSc European and US European 1791/10143 1.36 (1.21–1.52) Gorlova et al. (2011)S14 2246/ 4684 1.31 (1.15–1.43) Allanore et al. (2011)S15 European and 4389/7611 1.19 Bossini-Castillo et al. US (2013)S16 SSc European and 4389/7611 1.19 Bossini-Castillo et al. US (2013)S16 rs3792783 SSc European and 4389/7611 1.19 Bossini-Castillo et al. US (2013)S16 IL12RB rs3790567 (A SSc European and 5991/10080 1.17 (1.11–1.24) Bossini-Castillo et al. allele) US (2012)S17 DNASE1I rs35677470 SSc European and 1833/3466 1.47 Mayes et al. (2014)S18 L3 US lcSSc European and 1833/3466 1.62 Mayes et al. (2014)S18 US ACA+ European and 1833/3466 2.03 Mayes et al. (2014)S18 US SCHIP1/I Rs77583790 SSc European and 1833/3466 2.57 Mayes et al. (2014)S18 L12A US lcSSc European and 1833/3466 2.81 Mayes et al. (2014)S18 US ACA+ European and 1833/3466 2.76 Mayes et al. (2014)S18 US ATG5 rs9373839 SSc European and 1833/3466 1.19 Mayes et al. (2014)S18 US IRAK1 rs1059702 FA European 849/625 2.09 (1.35–3.24) Dieude et al. (2011)S19 European and 3065/2630 1.30 (1.07–1.58) Carmona et al. 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