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. 2011 Jun 30;7(6):e1002108. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002108

Table 3. Meta-analysis results of genome-wide significant SNPs for white blood cell count subtypes.

Cell type Chromosome 1q23 DARC rs2814778 T allele Chromosome 4q13 CXCL2 rs9131 T allele
N Effect size (Standard Error) P-value N Effect size (Standard Error) P-value
Neutrophils 5609 +0.305 (0.009) 1.0×10−237 7353 −0.038 (0.008) 1.5×10−6
Lymphocytes 5642 +0.020 (0.007) 3.8×10−3 7390 +0.010 (0.005) 0.06
Monocytes 5593 +0.048 (0.004) 6.0×10−27 7330 −0.004 (0.004) 0.23
Eosinophils 5411 +0.012 (0.003) 8.6×10−5 6402 −0.0005 (0.003) 0.85
Basophils 5104 +0.002 (0.0008) 3.5×10−3 6052 −0.0007 (0.0007) 0.27

Effect size represents the effect of a minor allele on natural log-transformed white blood cell count.