Comparison of genes with shared upregulation in the Common Cardiomyopathy dataset found 11 shared upregulated genes (SMOC2, ADIPOQ, STAT4, THBS4, THY1, ASPN, CRHBP, SFRP4, CILP, OGN, and HAPLN1) and 3 down-regulated (GNMT, TUBA3E, and MYH6). This evidence concerns the gene THBS4 and cardiomyopathy.