In pediatric patients, a total of 7 SNPs at 6 loci were significantly associated with ALL susceptibility regardless of molecular subtypes, including SNPs at ARID5B, IKZF1, BMI-PIP4K2A, CEBPE, CDKN2B-AS1, and BAK1 (Table 2). Here, CEBPE is linked to acute lymphoblastic leukemia.