We have discovered an additional eleven variants (rs78595611 in PPP1R9A gene; rs4001941 inCYP2B7P; rs117074522 inCYP4F24P; rs275475 in RP11-332J15.1; rs11664515 in OR10H2; rs16836018 inSTX18-AS1; rs17349061 inRB1; rs9493286 inMOXD1; rs76361654 in PPP1R3A; rs141291445 in LINC00693; and rs11696648 inMACROD2) with suggestive association of DKD that will need to be replicated in a larger cohort, across multiple ancestral ethnic groups from Middle East populations. The gene discussed is PPP1R3A; the disease is diabetic kidney disease.