Supplementary Table 2.
Chromosomal regions showing evidence for linkage to asthma and related phenotypes
| Chromosomal region | Phenotype (linkage) | Population | Reference |
| 5q23-33 | Total IgE | Dutch, Amish, Caucasian (UK) | [S8,S9,S10] |
| Total IgE, specific IgE, eosinophil count | Australian | [S11] | |
| Specific IgE | African American | [S12]* | |
| Atopic dermatitis | Caucasian (UK), German/Swedish | [S13,] | |
| Asthma/atopy | Japanese | [S6,S15]* | |
| Eosinophil count | Caucasian (US) | [S16] | |
| Hypereosinophilia | Caucasian (US) | [S17] | |
| Bronchial hyperresponsiveness | Dutch, Hutterites | [S3,S18]* | |
| 6p21-23 | Specific IgE | Caucasian (US) | [S1,S19] |
| Asthma, IgE | German/Swedish | [S5]* | |
| Allergic asthma | Colombian | [S20] | |
| Eosinophil count | Caucasian (Australian) | [S2]* | |
| 11q13 | IgE | Caucasian (UK) | [S21,S22] |
| IgE, positive skin test | Caucasian (Australian) | [S2]* | |
| Specific IgE | Caucasian (Australian), African American | [S11,S12] | |
| Bronchial hyperresponsiveness, log IgE | Caucasian (UK) | [S10] | |
| Bronchial hyperresponsiveness | Caucasian | [S23] | |
| Atopy | Japanese | [S24] | |
| Asthma, atopy | Caucasian | [S25] | |
| Atopic dermatitis | German | [S26] | |
| 12q14-24 | Asthma | German/Swedish Caucasian (US) | [38,S27]* |
| Caucasian (UK) | [S28] | ||
| Asthma, atopy | Afro-Caribbean | [S29] | |
| Total IgE, asthma | Afro-Caribbean, Amish | [S30] | |
| Total IgE | German | [S31] | |
| Bronchial hyperresponsiveness | Hutterites | [S3]* | |
| Eosinophil count | French | [S7]* | |
| 13q11-32 | Atopic dermatitis | German/Swedish | [S14] |
| Specific IgE | Caucasian (UK) | [S1]* | |
| Atopy | Caucasian (Australian) | [S2]* | |
| Eosinophil count | French | [S7]* | |
| Asthma | Caucasian (US), Japanese | [38*,S6*] | |
| Atopic asthma | Japanese | [S32] |
*Genome-wide searches.