TABLE 1.

Questions on phenotype answered by the four study populations at baseline and at follow-up, Queensland study of Melanoma: Environmental and Genetics Associations Q-MEGA), Queensland, Australia, 1987–2005

Baseline Questions					Follow-up questions
	Queensland Familial Melanoma Project	Children	Adolescents	Men Over 50
Skin color	Skin color before tanning or on areas never exposed: fair/pale medium olive/dark	Not asked	What is you skin color before tanning or on areas never exposed? fair/pale medium olive/dark	Not asked	How would you describe your skin color on areas never exposed to the sun, at age 20? Would you say: fair or pale medium olive or dark
Hair color	Natural hair color at age 21: fair/blonde light brown light red or ginger dark red or auburn dark brown black	What color was your hair when you were in grade 1? white blonde red brown black other	What color was your hair when you were aged 5 years? white blonde red brown black other	What color was your hair at age 21? white blonde sandy red light brown dark brown black grey	What was your natural hair color at age 20? fair/blonde light brown light red or ginger dark red or auburn dark brown black
Eye color	Eye color: blue/grey green/ hazel brown	What color are your eyes? blue green hazel brown other	What color are your eyes? blue green hazel brown other	What color are your eyes? blue green hazel brown black grey	How would you describe the color of your eyes? blue grey green hazel brown
Freckling	Total freckling in summer: none 1–100 more than 100	When you were 5 years old, how many freckles did you have at the end of summer: Face, Arms, Shoulders no freckles a few freckles some freckles many freckles	When you were 5 years old, how many freckles did you have at the end of summer: Face, Arms, Shoulders none few some many	The next few questions are about freckles on your skin as a child. As a child, which pictures on this chart did you look like: Face, Arms, Shoulders none few some many	Freckles are spots found in groups that cannot be felt. During childhood, how much freckling did you have? Would you say… none light moderate heavy
Number of moles	First, read about moles opposite. We would then like you to estimate how “moley” you think you are: no moles a few moles a moderate number very many moles	How many moles do you have on your skin? no moles a few moles some moles many moles	How many moles do you have on your skin? none few some many	Not asked	How many moles do you think you have? Would you say… none less than 10 10 – 50 more than 50