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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Epidemiol. 2013 Mar 25;37(4):383–392. doi: 10.1002/gepi.21724

Table IV.

Characteristics of case-control GWAS SNPs associated with chronic diseases at p<5×10−8, by odds ratio (OR) and minor allele frequency (MAF).

Odds Ratio Minor Allele
Frequency
(MAF)
Number of
Independent
SNPsa
Median (Range)
SNPs Passing QCb,
(Thousands)
Median (Range)
Sample Sizec
1.0≤OR<1.5 0.01<MAF≤0.1 25 666 (300 –7,689) 26,005 (6,089 – 143,503)
0.1<MAF≤0.3 250 570 (80 – 7,689) 23,422 (4,644 – 143,403)
0.3<MAF≤0.5 312 541 (131 – 7,689) 20,916 (1,607 – 143,503)

OR≥1.5 0.01<MAF≤0.1 35 666 (282 – 7,689) 10,769 (1,606 – 143,503)
0.1<MAF≤0.3 68 501 (235 – 6,607) 7,354 (690 – 74,544)
0.3<MAF≤0.5 39 480 (215 – 2,500) 3,424 (225 – 39,547)
a

The sum of independent SNPs (r2<0.5) associated with each disease.

b

The number of SNPs passing quality control (QC) in the first GWAS stage.

c

The number of cases and controls in all stages.