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. 2012 Nov 16;68(6):661–666. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gls227

Table 1.

Candidate SNPs Associated With BMI

SNP Position (bp) Nearest Gene Health ABC β* Health ABC AGES-Reykjavik
Al 1 Al 2 MAF R 2 MAF R 2
European ancestry
rs1558902 52,361,075 FTO A T 0.39 0.4268 0.9990 0.4069 0.9103
rs2867125 604,210 TMEM18 C T 0.31 0.1795 0.9999 0.1613 0.9997
rs571312 55,980,115 MC4R A C 0.23 0.2282 0.9997 0.2578 0.9644
rs10938397 44,877,284 GNPDA2 A G −0.18 0.4387 0.9959 0.4008 0.871
rs10767664 27,682,562 BDNF A T 0.19 0.2147 0.9983 0.1842 0.9993
rs2815752 72,585,028 NEGR1 A G 0.13 0.3575 1.0000 0.4185 1.0000
rs7359397 28,790,742 SH2B1 C T −0.15 0.3722 1.0000 0.4299 0.9996
rs12444979 19,841,101 GPRC5B C T 0.17 0.1504 0.9947 0.104 0.9975
rs2241423 65,873,892 MAP2K5 A G −0.13 0.2477 1.0000 0.204 0.9988
rs543874 176,156,103 SEC16B A G −0.22 0.1643 0.9995 0.2083 0.9897
African American
rs1558902 52,361,075 FTO T A −0.39 0.102 0.8767
rs2867125 604,210 TMEM18 T C −0.31 0.1165 0.9972
rs571312 55,980,115 MC4R A C 0.23 0.3546 0.9980
rs10938397 44,877,284 GNPDA2 G A 0.18 0.2318 0.9940
rs10767664 27,682,562 BDNF A T 0.19 0.0716 0.9996
rs2815752 72,585,028 NEGR1 A G 0.13 0.4381 1.0000
rs543874 176,156,103 SEC16B A G −0.22 0.249 0.9995

Note. MAF, minor allele frequency; R2, imputation quality from MACH.

*Per allele change in kilogram per meter squared from Speliotes and coworkers (4).