GP1BA and rheumatoid arthritis: However, the GPIbα trans‐pQTL was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (small vessel stroke, large artery stroke, any ischemic stroke, MI, CHD, any stroke, and DVT) and autoimmune diseases (type 1 DM, JIA, primary biliary cirrhosis, psoriasis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and RA) but decreased risk of autoinflammatory diseases (IBD, UC, and CD) (Figure 2 and Supplementary Table 5).