Variants also influenced autoimmune thyroid disease markers, with higher frequencies of TRAb (rs3093315T: 9.2% vs. 1.9%, padj = 0.024) and thyroperoxidase antibodies (rs2285452A: 48.4% vs. 27.2%; padj = 0.028) in T1D patients. This evidence concerns the gene TPO and type 1 diabetes mellitus.