Table 1. Region showing evidence for linkage to asthma and allergic phenotypes in genome-wide screening.

Locus	Australian4	CSGA5,6	Dutch7	French8	German9	Japanese10	Hutterites11
1p	–	Asthma (Hispanic)6	–	Asthma	Eosinophils	–	Skin test
					Total IgE		Asthma
					Specific IgE
2p	–	–	–	–	Asthma	–	–
					BHR
					Total IgE
					RAST
					Specific IgE
2q	–	Asthma (Hispanic)5	–	–	Total IgE	–	Skin test
3p	–	–	BHR	–	–	–	Asthma
							Skin test
4q	BHR	–	–	–	RAST	Mite-sensitive atopic asthma	–
5p	–	Asthma (African American)5	–	–	Specific IgE	–	BHR
5q	–	–	BHR	–	–	Mite-sensitive atopic asthma	Asthma
							Asthma symptoms
6p	Eosinophils	Asthma (Caucasian)6	–	–	Asthma	Mite-sensitive atopic asthma	–
	Atopy				RAST
					Total IgE
					Eosinophils
7p	BHR	–	–	–	RAST	–	–
	Total IgE
8p	–	–	–	–	–	–	Asthma
9p	–	–	–	–	BHR	–	Asthma symptoms
9q	–	–	–	–	Asthma	–	–
10q	–	–	Total IgE	–	Specific IgE	–	–
11p	–	Asthma (Caucasian)5	–	Total IgE	–	–	Skin test
11q	Total IgE	Asthma (African ″American)6	–	Total IgE	Eosinophils	–	–
	Skin test
12q	–	Asthma (Caucasian)5	Total IgE	Eosinophils	–	Mite-sensitive atopic asthma	Asthma
							Skin test
13q	Atopy	Asthma (Caucasian)5	–	Eosinophils	–	Mite-sensitive atopic asthma	Asthma symptoms
14q	–	Asthma (Caucasian)5	–	–	–	–	Asthma
15q	–	–	–	–	Total IgE	–	–
					Specific IgE
16q	Total IgE	–	–	–	–	–	Skin test
17p	–	Asthma (African ″American)5	–	–	–	–	–
17q	–	–	Total IgE	Asthma	–	–	–
				Skin test
18p	–	–	–	–	–	–	Asthma symptoms
19q	–	Asthma (Caucasian)5	–	–	–	–	BHR
20p	–	–	–	–	–	–	Skin test
21q	–	Asthma (Caucasian)5	–	–	–	–	–
Xq	–	–	–	–	Total IgE	–	–
					Eosinophils

Only values P<0·01 are shown.