Patients with thrombosis but without SLE (N = 126), and patients with SLE but without thrombosis (N = 182) had the greatest differences in mean protein levels of C3 (p = 2.6 × 10−6), C4 (p = 2.2 × 10−9) and ACLA-IgG (p = 1.2 × 10−5). The gene discussed is C4A; the disease is Venous thrombosis.