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. 2014 Jan;104(1):e5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301327e

Erratum

PMCID: PMC3910026

In: Chabris CF, Lee JJ, Benjamin DJ, et al. Why it is hard to find genes associated with social science traits: theoretical and empirical considerations. Am J Public Health. 2013;103:S152–S166. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301327.

Table 3 was missing a row heading. On page S160, Table 3 should read:

TABLE 3—

Association Results for Pigmentation Phenotypes: Genome-Wide Association Study; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and Union College, Schenectady, NY; July 2007–June 2009.

Trait and Reported SNP Proxy SNP r2 Minor Allele Sample MAF HapMap MAF Effect Size P Gene
Eye color
 rs12913832 A 0.222 0.208 0.998 2 × 10−68 HERC2
 rs12896399 rs1075830 0.615 A 0.460 0.308 0.167 .003 SLC24A
 rs1393350 A 0.266 0.192 –0.154 .02 TYR
 rs1408799 T 0.313 0.300 0.095 .11 TYRP1
Hair color
 rs12913832 A 0.223 0.208 0.840 1 × 10−13 HERC2
 rs12896399 rs1075830 0.640 A 0.460 0.308 0.372 9 × 10−5 SLC24A4
 rs12821256 C 0.095 0.142 –0.352 .03 KITLG
Red hair
 rs1805007 T 0.076 0.147 7.44 2 × 10−6 MC1R
 rs1015362 T 0.278 0.233 0.507 .09 ASIP
Freckling
 rs1805007 T 0.076 0.147 0.613 6 × 10−6 MC1R
 rs1042602 A 0.346 0.417 –0.223 .005 TY R
 rs2153271 rs1416742 0.949 G 0.384 0.373 –0.139 .07 BNC2
 rs619865 A 0.098 0.108 0.178 .15 ASIP
Skin darkness
 rs1805007 T 0.076 0.147 –0.267 .005 MC1R
 rs1042602 A 0.346 0.417 –0.118 .03 TY R
 rs619865 A 0.098 0.108 –0.156 .07 ASIP

Note. MAF = minor allele frequency; SNP = single-nucleotide polymorphism. Eye darkness was reported on a 3-point scale. Hair darkness was recorded on 9-point scale. Red hair was recorded as a dichotomous trait, and its effect size is reported as an odds ratio. Freckling and skin darkness were recorded on 5-point scales. All effect sizes for nondichotomous traits are reported as the expected change in trait value per each additional copy of the minor allele. All alleles are coded according to National Center for Biotechnology Information build 36 coordinates on the forward strand.


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