TABLE 1.
Suggestive variance quantitative trait loci (vQTLs) of facial features (p < 5 × 10–7).
| Cytoband | Lead SNP | MAF | POS (bp) | p-value | Facial distance | Nearest gene |
| 10q25.1 | rs11192543 | 0.36 | 107,418,528 | 5.8E−08 | OutCanthWidth | YWHAZP5 |
| 5p15.31 | rs495831 | 0.23 | 6,551,690 | 8.0E−08 | CranBaseWidth | LINC01018 |
| 15q12 | rs7182802 | 0.20 | 27,347,206 | 1.1E−07 | NasalWidth | GABRG3 |
| 21q22.13 | rs73204235 | 0.25 | 37,819,218 | 1.2E−07 | LowLipHeight | CLDN14 |
| 17q21.2 | rs34272903 | 0.35 | 39,721,357 | 1.2E−07 | NasalHeight | KRT9 |
| 3q27.2 | rs2140287 | 0.46 | 185,217,189 | 1.4E−07 | MorphFaceHeight | TMEM41A |
| 12q12 | rs1796391 | 0.25 | 42,882,153 | 2.0E−07 | CranBaseWidth | PRICKLE1 |
| 16p13.3 | rs1492382 | 0.24 | 7,030,309 | 2.6E−07 | NasalPro | RBFOX1 |
| 10q26.2 | rs12256165 | 0.20 | 130,048,037 | 3.2E−07 | NasalAlaLength | LINC01163 |
| 4p15.32 | rs1522074 | 0.38 | 17,170,581 | 4.6E−07 | UpFaceDepth | MTND5P4 |