Sequence variants on 17q21 are associated with the susceptibility of asthma in the population of Lahore, Pakistan.

Abstract

The present study reports that the polymorphic genomic variant rs3816470 is significantly and independently associated with asthma in the studied population, while the variants, rs6503525 and rs3859192, also indicate a significant association with asthma in this population when family history of the disease is taken as a covariate.