VEGFA and diabetic kidney disease: Other significant associations between variants and diabetic nephropathy included AT2R (angiotensin II receptor) (−1332G/A polymorphism), VEGF (vascular epithelium growth factor) (+405G/C polymorphism), and VDR (TaqI polymorphism) [92, 95, 102]. ApaI polymorphism of VDR was not significantly associated with diabetic nephropathy [102].