More recently, associations have been reported between β2M and survival (all-cause and cardiovascular in NHANES [56] and ARIC [57]), cardiovascular events and calcification in CKD [25], early-onset atherosclerosis in ESRD [58], stroke [59], peripheral arterial disease [60–63], and mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography. The gene discussed is B2M; the disease is chronic kidney disease.