Supplementary Table 2.

Primer sequence and probes for the 7 APOA5 variants genotyped by

Taqman Allelic Discrimnation Assay using Real-time PCR.

SNP # Context Sequence

AGCACGGCAGCCATGCTTGCCATTA[C/T]CTGCTCTGAGAAGACAGG
rs651821
TGGAGGG
TATCCAGGCCGTCAGACTGCTAGCC[C/T]CCATCATCTCCTTTGTCCC
rs2072560
CAAGTC
TGGGCCTTGGTGTCTTCCCCCACCA[C/T]GCGCAACTGCTCCTGCAGC
rs3135507
TCCTGC
ATTGGGGAGTCGCAGGAGGCTGGAT[A/G]TGCAGGAGACAGCAGCC
rs2266788
CCTTTGGT
Novel Novel SNP1_F : ACTAGAGCCAAACTCCAGGATGTA
SNP 1 Novel SNP1_R: CAAGCCTGTTTGCCGTGATG
Novel Novel SNP2a_F: TGCTCCTGCAGCTCCTG
SNP 2 Novel SNP2a_R: AGCCCTACACGATGGATCTGA