Of the remaining ten suggestive hits, two contain biologically plausible genes: rs55895454 (cytoband 2q23.3) is best associated with baPWV (β = 0.065, p = 9.97x10-8) and is close to RND3 (14 kb), a gene associated with atherosclerosis [41, 42]. Here, RND3 is linked to atherosclerosis.