Table 2.

Candidate QTL genes identified by using our procedure

Chr*	Colocalize†	ΔLOD‡	Gene Symbols
2	8	3	Cst3, Hsbp1, 9030622O22Rik
4	11	8	Arl4d, Cox7b, Fkbp5, Eif4 g3, Dsip1, Gnb1, Nudc, 5330417C22Rik
7	3	1	Arl6ip1
11	3	1	Arl4d

^*Chromosome of the HDL QTL.

^†Number of significant (q <0.05) expression QTL (eQTL) with logarithm of the odds (LOD) score peaks that fall within the 95% confidence interval.

^‡Number of eQTL that exceed 1.4 ΔLOD when the corresponding transcript is included as a covariate.