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. 2020 Feb 13;106(3):303–314. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.01.016

Table 2.

Summary of Biomarkers with Significant Global Ancestry Association for Either African or Asian Global Ancestry (p < 0.05/237)

Biomarker Global African Ancestry Global Asian Ancestry
β and p Value β (95% CI) p Value β (95% CI) p Value

Kallikrein 5 −0.33 (−0.40, −0.25) <5 × 10−10 0.21 (0.02, 0.40) 0.027
vitronectin −0.29 (−0.33, −0.25) <5 × 10−10 0.07 (−0.45, 0.59) 0.79
factor VII −0.24 (−0.27, −0.21) <5 × 10−10 0.03 (−0.19, 0.25) 0.81
insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5 0.17 (0.13, 0.22) 1.8 × 10−15 −0.15 (−0.50, 0.20) 0.40
immunoglobulin M 0.24 (0.18, 0.30) 5.3 × 10−15 0.00 (−0.31, 0.31) 0.98
apolipoprotein B −0.74 (−0.93, −0.55) 6.2 × 10−14 0.04 (−0.33, 0.40) 0.84
monocyte chemotactic protein 4 0.54 (0.39, 0.69) 1.6 × 10−12 0.08 (0.02, 0.14) 0.011
interleukin-12 subunit p40 −0.08 (−0.10, −0.06) 3.2 × 10−12 0.01 (−0.22, 0.24) 0.95
resistin 0.34 (0.24, 0.44) 1.3 × 10−11 0.01 (−0.20, 0.22) 0.95
hepatocyte growth factor receptor −0.27 (−0.35, −0.18) 1.3 × 10−9 0.10 (−0.34, 0.55) 0.65
ficolin-3 −0.13 (−0.17, −0.09) 9.0 × 10−9 −0.19 (−0.48, 0.09) 0.19
protein S100-A4 0.55 (0.35, 0.75) 7.3 × 10−8 0.07 (−0.04, 0.17) 0.22
cortisol −0.41 (−0.58, −0.25) 6.5 × 10−7 −0.13 (−0.38, 0.13) 0.33
6Ckine −0.27 (−0.38, −0.16) 1.1 × 10−6 −0.18 (−0.39, 0.02) 0.080
immunoglobulin E 0.37 (0.22, 0.52) 1.4 × 10−6 0.45 (0.16, 0.74) 0.0020
hepatocyte growth factor −0.46 (−0.65, −0.26) 3.2 × 10−6 −0.18 (−0.37, 0.02) 0.073
ferritin −0.36 (−0.52, −0.20) 1.5 × 10−5 −0.03 (−0.36, 0.30) 0.86
adrenomedullin −0.62 (−0.90, −0.33) 2.0 × 10−5 −0.23 (−0.54, 0.07) 0.13
creatine kinase-MB −0.61 (−0.89, −0.32) 3.0 × 10−5 −0.10 (−0.48, 0.28) 0.61
prostatic acid phosphatase −0.26 (−0.38, −0.14) 3.4 × 10−5 −0.07 (−0.17, 0.02) 0.13
methylglyoxal −0.50 (−0.74, −0.25) 6.8 × 10−5 −0.05 (−0.54, 0.44) 0.83
glucose-6-phosphate isomerase 0.40 (0.20, 0.60) 8.1 × 10−5 0.17 (−0.37, 0.71) 0.54
sex hormone-binding globulin 0.26 (0.13, 0.40) 0.00015 0.17 (−0.11, 0.45) 0.24
mesothelin 0.25 (−0.01, 0.52) 0.064 0.22 (0.14, 0.29) 3.2 × 10−8
thrombospondin-1 0.00 (−0.24, 0.24) 0.99 0.12 (0.08, 0.17) 1.21 × 10−7
pulmonary and activation-regulated chemokine 0.27 (−0.08, 0.62) 0.13 0.25 (0.16, 0.35) 5.4 × 10−7
T lymphocyte-secreted protein I-309 0.23 (0.05, 0.41) 0.014 −0.07 (−0.11, −0.04) 1.9 × 10−5
pigment epithelium derived factor −0.01 (−0.15, 0.14) 0.92 −0.26 (−0.39, −0.14) 4.6 × 10−5
chemokine CC-4 0.00 (−0.09, 0.09) 0.98 −0.53 (−0.79, −0.27) 5.5 × 10−5

β per SD increase in global ancestry. Global ancestry is included as fixed effects in the variance component model. Biomarkers were residualized for age and sex.

CI = confidence interval