Table 1. A summary for GWAS phenotypes and covariates for 991 Tibetan individuals included in our GWAS.
| Phenotype | Mean | Median | SDa | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Physiological phenotypes | |||||
| Hb | 13.91 | 13.90 | 1.42 | 8.80 | 18.70 |
| SaO2 | 87.36 | 88.00 | 4.45 | 72.00 | 96.00 |
| Pulse | 73.91 | 73.00 | 10.68 | 49.00 | 110.00 |
| oxyHb | 12.14 | 12.19 | 1.28 | 7.53 | 17.02 |
| deoxyHb | 1.77 | 1.66 | 0.69 | 0.38 | 4.70 |
| 2. Fertility phenotypesb | |||||
| # of pregnancies | 5.67 (6.50) | 6 (7) | 2.87 (2.75) | 0 (0) | 15 (15) |
| # of live births | 5.38 (6.24) | 5 (6) | 2.79 (2.64) | 0 (0) | 14 (13) |
| # of children born alive but died < 1 yr | 0.83 (1.01) | 0 (1) | 1.15 (1.28) | 0 (0) | 8 (8) |
| # of children surviving at 1 yr but died < 5 yr | 0.40 (0.47) | 0 (0) | 0.76 (0.85) | 0 (0) | 5 (5) |
| # of children surviving at 5 yr but died < 15 yr | 0.26 (0.32) | 0 (0) | 0.59 (0.65) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) |
| # of children born alive but died < 5 yr | 1.25 (1.51) | 1 (1) | 1.41 (1.53) | 0 (0) | 8 (8) |
| # of children born alive but died < 15 yr | 1.57 (1.91) | 1 (1) | 1.63 (1.74) | 0 (0) | 8 (8) |
| # of children surviving at 1 yr | 4.60 (5.27) | 5 (5) | 2.30 (2.21) | 0 (0) | 12 (12) |
| # of children surviving at 5 yr | 4.14 (4.74) | 4 (5) | 2.11 (2.03) | 0 (0) | 12 (12) |
| # of children surviving at 15 yr | 3.74 (4.23) | 4 (4) | 2.03 (2.03) | 0 (0) | 10 (10) |
| # of stillbirths | 0.16 (0.15) | 0 (0) | 0.51 (0.47) | 0 (0) | 6 (5) |
| # of miscarriages | 0.16 (0.16) | 0 (0) | 0.46 (0.46) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) |
| # of twin births | 0.05 (0.05) | 0 (0) | 0.22 (0.22) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) |
| A woman’s age at her first childbirth | 24.12 (22.39) | 23 (22) | 4.61 (3.14) | 13 (13) | 46 (43) |
| A woman’s age at her last pregnancy | 36.99 (37.09) | 38 (38) | 6.00 (6.10) | 19 (19) | 58 (58) |
| 3. Covariates | |||||
| Age | 54.73 | 54.00 | 10.68 | 39.00 | 91.00 |
| Altc | 3630 | 3632 | 244 | 2982 | 4052 |
| Ftd | 85.03 | 86.00 | 5.81 | 65.00 | 98.00 |
| Subre | Nubri (128); Tsum (131); Upper (597) and Lower Mustang (135) | ||||
| Ctf | Never used (670); Previously used (145); Currently in use (166) | ||||
| CMg | Continuously married (593); Not continuously married (398) | ||||
a Standard deviation
b Numbers in parenthesis are summary statistics for the continuously married subset
c Altitude of residence
d fingertip temperature (°F)
e sub-district label
f use of contraception
g continuously married