These three SNPs belong to the genes DGKB, BTNL2, and TGFBR3 that were indicated in previous genome wide association studies with CVD (DGKB), rheumatoid arthritis and sarcoidosis (BTNL2), and bone mass and osteoporosis (TGFBR3), respectively. Here, TGFBR3 is linked to osteoporosis.