Table 1.
Summary of estimates across 25 quantitative traits (N = 290K “White British,” UK Biobank)
| Trait | Num. genes w/90%-CI > 0 | Num. genes that explain | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkaline phosphatase | 1,542 | 21 | 1,142 | 108 | 18 |
| Apolipoprotein A-I | 1,589 | 71 | 1,186 | 105 | 11 |
| Basal metabolic rate | 1,929 | 568 | 1,476 | 115 | 10 |
| BMD heel T-score | 1,297 | 251 | 1,006 | 76 | 3 |
| BMI | 1,722 | 677 | 1,312 | 98 | 6 |
| C-reactive protein | 1,561 | 9 | 1,187 | 88 | 6 |
| Corneal hysteresis | 1,103 | 321 | 833 | 74 | 3 |
| Cystatin C | 1,738 | 163 | 1,328 | 110 | 8 |
| Forced vital capacity | 1,748 | 565 | 1,337 | 108 | 5 |
| GGT | 1,650 | 166 | 1,256 | 101 | 12 |
| Hair color | 1,201 | 7 | 883 | 77 | 13 |
| HbA1c | 1,676 | 116 | 1,240 | 133 | 17 |
| HDL | 1,602 | 59 | 1,194 | 109 | 11 |
| Height | 2,258 | 445 | 1,713 | 152 | 27 |
| High light scatter reticulocyte count | 1,696 | 188 | 1,279 | 112 | 23 |
| IGF-1 | 1,691 | 270 | 1,265 | 116 | 10 |
| MCH | 1,557 | 109 | 1,151 | 122 | 15 |
| MSCV | 1,585 | 144 | 1,226 | 101 | 8 |
| Monocyte count | 1,601 | 144 | 1,219 | 100 | 9 |
| Mean platelet volume | 1,753 | 57 | 1,291 | 127 | 25 |
| Platelet count | 1,748 | 158 | 1,351 | 102 | 24 |
| Platelet distrib. width | 1,598 | 44 | 1,219 | 102 | 16 |
| RBC count | 1,752 | 310 | 1,341 | 122 | 18 |
| SHBG | 1,551 | 7 | 1,164 | 102 | 17 |
| Urate | 1,584 | 38 | 1,206 | 103 | 12 |
Column 2: number of genes (out of 15,770) with (1) 90%-CI > 0 and (2) 90%-CI > 0 for at least one MAF bin (rare, low-frequency, or common). Column 3: estimated number of genes that explain 50% of cumulative . Columns 4–6: numbers of 90%-CI > 0 genes with effects exclusively from common, low-frequency, or rare variants. (BMD, bone mineral density; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MSCV, mean sphered corpuscular volume; RBC, red blood cell.)