KCNIP2 and cardiac hypertrophy: However, our analysis demonstrated genetic association between variants of genes previously shown to influence heart function and cardiac hypertrophy in experimental models, such as MLF136, which associates with LVM phenotype in our study, and KCNIP2 (KChIP2)37–39 and TRAF3IP240,41, which have also been associated with LVWT and LVM phenotypes respectively in humans and in this study as well.