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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 24.
Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2015 Aug;80(4):705–737. doi: 10.1177/0003122415590627

Appendix A.

Detailed Information about 32 Established SNPs for BMI

Chromosome Nearest Gene GWAS SNPa HRS SNP Imputation Quality R2 R2 with GWAS SNP Allele
GWAS Betac HRS Beta Effect Allele Frequencyd
Effectc Other
1 SEC16B rs543874 rs543874 1.00 1.00 G A .22 .08 .20
1 TNNI3K rs1514175 rs1514175 1.00 1.00 A G .07 .09 .47
1 PTBP2 rs1555543 rs10489741b 1.00 1.00 C A .06 .09 .57
1 NEGR1 rs2815752 rs2815752 1.00 1.00 A G .13 .09 .62
2 LRP1B rs2890652 rs2890652b 1.00 1.00 C T .09 .05 .19
2 FANCL rs887912 rs887912b 1.00 1.00 T C .10 .06 .24
2 RBJ rs713586 rs713586b 1.00 1.00 C T .14 .20 .52
2 TMEM18 rs2867125 rs2867125 1.00 1.00 C T .31 .27 .84
3 CADM2 rs13078807 rs13078807 1.00 1.00 G A .10 −.04 .17
3 ETV5 rs9816226 rs9816226b .99 1.00 T A .14 .21 .82
4 SLC39A8 rs13107325 rs13107325 1.00 1.00 T C .19 .36 .06
4 GNPDA2 rs10938397 rs10938397 1.00 1.00 G A .18 .10 .40
5 ZNF608 rs4836133 rs4836133b 1.00 1.00 A C .07 .12 .58
5 FLJ35779 rs2112347 rs2112347b 1.00 1.00 T G .10 .16 .62
6 TFAP2B rs987237 rs987237 1.00 1.00 G A .13 .04 .18
6 NUDT3 rs206936 rs206936 1.00 1.00 G A .06 .03 .27
9 LRRN6C rs10968576 rs10968576 1.00 1.00 G A .11 .26 .28
11 MTCH2 rs3817334 rs3817334b 1.00 1.00 T C .06 .05 .39
11 RPL27A rs4929949 rs4929949b 1.00 1.00 C T .06 −.03 .49
11 BDNF rs10767664 rs10767664b 1.00 1.00 A T .19 .15 .80
12 FAIM2 rs7138803 rs7138803 1.00 1.00 A G .12 .14 .34
13 MTIF3 rs4771122 rs9512699b 1.00 .87 G A .09 .22 .18
14 PRKD1 rs11847697 rs10134820b 1.00 .74 T C .17 −.03 .06
14 NRXN3 rs10150332 rs10150332b 1.00 1.00 C T .13 .03 .23
15 MAP2K5 rs2241423 rs2241423 1.00 1.00 G A .13 .21 .72
16 SH2B1 rs7359397 rs7359397b 1.00 1.00 T C .15 .18 .35
16 FTO rs1558902 rs1558902b 1.00 1.00 A T .39 .30 .35
16 GPRC5B rs12444979 rs12444979 1.00 1.00 C T .17 .25 .87
18 MC4R rs571312 rs571312 1.00 1.00 A C .23 .29 .24
19 KCTD15 rs29941 rs29941b 1.00 1.00 G A .06 .09 .70
19 TMEM160 rs3810291 rs3810291 1.00 1.00 A G .09 .13 .59
19 QPCTL rs2287019 rs2287019 1.00 1.00 C T .15 .22 .89

Note:

a

rs ids of BMI-related SNPs in Speliotes et al. (2010).

b

Imputed SNPs

c

Effect size in kg/m2 of BMI obtained from Speliotes et al. (2010).

d

Effect allele frequency in HRS.