Table 4.

Chromosome regions with multipoint LOD score > 1.5 for obesity-related quantitative traits

Trait	Chromosome	Marker	cM	LOD	Nominal p	Empirical pa
BMIb	1q43	D1S547	268	2.03	0.001	0.002
	16p12	D16S769	51	2.27	0.0006	0.002
Weight	1q43	D1S547	263	2.45	0.0004	0.0004
	16p12	D16S769	50	2.26	0.0006	0.0007
WC	15q26	D15S966	115	1.77	0.002	0.003
Abdominal skinfold thickness	4p15	D4S2639	31	1.96	0.001	0.002
	9q34	D9S1838	164	1.85	0.002	0.003
	14q32	D14S1434	113	2.17	0.0008	0.001
Average triceps skinfold thickness	1p36	D1S2845	9	1.88	0.002	0.002
	5q35	D5S211	183	1.64	0.003	0.004
	16q23–24	D16S3091/D16S539	105	2.32	0.0005	0.0008
WHR	1p31	D1S551	115	1.80	0.002	0.002
	11q24	D11S4464	124	1.59	0.003	0.003

^aEmpirical p was based on 15,000 replicates for the specific trait

^bBMI was log-transformed