Recently, five novel single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs10937625 in <i>STK32B</i> (serine/threonine kinase 32B), rs17590046 in <i>PPARGC1A</i> (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha), and rs12764057, rs10822974, and rs7903491 in <i>CTNNA3</i> (catenin alpha 3), were found to be associated with increased risk of essential tremor (ET) in a genome-wide association study (GWAS)in individuals of Caucasian ancestry.
We found a significant difference in the distributions of genotypes and alleles frequencies between ET and c</span>ontrol groups of rs10937625 (genotype p = 0.037, OR = 0.69[0.48-0.98]; allele p = 0.033, OR = 0.82[0.69-0.99]) and rs7903491 (genotype p = 0.030, OR = 1.34[1.03-1.74]; allele p = 0.029, OR = 1.16[1.02-1.32]) after adjusted for age and gender.