NUB1 and atherosclerosis: In the Chr 5 locus, there are 4 hepatic genes with eQTL that are in strong LD with the atherosclerosis associated SNP at the locus: Nub1 (p = 1.65×10−16), Nos3, (p = 3.08×10−6), Cdk5 (p = 2.48×10−5), and Abcb8 (p = 7.46×10−4) (S5 Fig).