After controlling for the known association at rs671, there was no independent significant association between rs143894582 and flushing or between rs149212747 and MAXDRINKS. Rs671 showed GWS for AD (p = 4.46 × 10−9), MAXDRINKS (p = 1.25 × 10−10) and flushing (p = 5.15 × 10−14). Conditional analyses did not identify any further candidates for independent associations.