These analyses provided evidence that associations with the three most telomeric model SNPs (rs2394160, rs2854050 and rs3830041) may be driven by LD with MHC alleles that have been associated with MS previously: HLA-A*02:01 (protective) [22], [23], [33], DRB1*04:01 (protective) [20], [34] and DRB1*13:03 (susceptibility) [21], [35] respectively. Here, HLA-C is linked to myeloid sarcoma.