TERC and chronic kidney disease: In addition, the results of a study conducted by Sun and co-authors suggested that the TERC gene rs12696304 G allele and GG genotype were statistically significantly associated with 1.6-fold increased odds of developing chronic kidney disease (OR: 1.555, (95% CI: 1.215–1.990), p = 0.001; OR: 1.634, (95% CI: 1.201–2.234), p = 0.002, respectively).