BANK1 and rheumatoid arthritis: We also identified an association between the AA haplotype carrying the BANK1 rs10516487G/A and rs3733197G/A minor alleles and protection against RA; OR 0.68, p = 0.01 (pc = 0.038) (Table 3), indicating that the BANK1 rs10516487G major allele together with the rs3733197A minor allele; GA haplotype, is not associated with RA.