Several putative stroke-associated variants were identified in genes such as VCAM1 [191,193,196], IL4R [193], LDLR [193], ADRB2 [193], AGT [190], HLA [189], and TNF-α [193,195], as well as the -α3.7kb deletion that causes α-thalassemia [195] (Table 1). The gene discussed is VCAM1; the disease is stroke disorder.