Consistent with the patterns seen in Fig 2, the eQTL evidence for SLC6A14, SLC26A9 and ATP12Ain the pancreas (as measured by −log10 (eQTL p) are significantly correlated with the GWAS evidence (as measured by meconium ileus-SNP Wald χ12 association statistic) at each of these three loci, with SS p-values = 1.12x10-10, 4.48x10-5 and 3.35x10-8, respectively for the three loci (Table 3, analytical results, confirmed by the permutation-based results also provided in Table 3). The gene discussed is SLC26A9; the disease is intestinal obstruction in the newborn due to guanylate cyclase 2C deficiency.