Table 3. Results of the replication effort for skin pigmentation signals in three independent Chinese samples.

Note that in the Physical Examination and Taizhou cohorts melanin was reported as M-index (higher M-values indicate darker skin), whereas in the sample of College students melanin was reported as L* (higher L* values indicate lighter skin).

SNP	CHR	POS	NEA/EA	This study		Physical examination cohort		Taizhou cohort		College Students
Site				Upper arm		Buttocks		Upper arm		Buttocks		Upper arm
Index				M-index		M-index		M-index		L*		L*
				Beta	P-value	Beta	P-value	Beta	P-value	Beta	P-value	Beta	P-value
rs2003589	2	217527465	T/C	2.464	1.05E–06	−0.104	0.864	0.171	0.575	−1.927	0.259	−0.659	0.635
rs853807	5	67752638	C/T	−0.961	9.75E–06	−0.243	0.440	−0.050	0.755	0.085	0.744	−0.018	0.931
rs57836066	6	71304950	T/G	−1.838	2.40E–06	0.605	0.225	0.213	0.394	0.995	0.317	0.175	0.828
rs2373391	7	88449300	T/A	−1.076	5.09E–06	−1.132	0.003	0.024	0.889	0.120	0.739	0.273	0.349
rs7945369	11	103425586	T/C	−1.159	3.97E–07	−0.614	0.051	0.211	0.190	NA	NA	NA	NA