NINJ2 and ischemic stroke: The results found that a significant association between both SNPs on NINJ2 gene and ischemic stroke for (rs12425791, OR, 1.20; 95%CI, 1.04-1.38; for rs11833579, OR, 1.30; 95%CI, 1.10-1.54) among incident/first-ever ischemic stroke patients but not prevalent cases for (rs12425791, OR, 1.03; 95%CI, 0.99-1.07; for rs11833579, OR, 1.03; 95%CI, 0.99-1.08) in Additional file 1, section 5.