Table 3. Associated SNPs with p#1025 for 15 quantitative traits. Rank Chr Position (Mb) SNP A1 A2 MAF P-value b Var expl Nearest Gene(s) GWAS on the Island of Kosrae BMI 1 10 Height 1 7 2 7 Waist Circumference 1 3 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 9 Weight 1 9 2 2 3 7 Leptin 1 3 % body fat 1 20 2 20 3 20 4 10 5 8 HDL-C 1 5 2 6 LDL-C 1 19 2 19 3 5 Total Cholesterol 1 19 2 10 3 19 4 5 5 10 6 7 7 7 Triglycerides 1 11 2 11 3 11 4 11 5 11 6 11 7 11 8 19 9 19 10 19 11 4 1.7 41.3 41.3 160.7 22.7 22.6 22.7 22.7 24.1 144.3 137.6 31.5 44.9 44.9 44.9 1.7 3.8 180.2 22.9 50.1 50.4 74.7 50.1 15.5 50.4 74.7 15.8 8.8 8.8 116.2 116.2 116.2 116.2 116.2 116.2 116.2 49.6 40.3 50.1 80.9 PLoS Genetics | www.plosgenetics.org rs6560749 rs10486715 rs17718077 rs2222328 rs613391 rs527485 rs976731 rs976730 rs2225614 rs10928195 rs1874326 rs882648 rs6066084 rs6018089 rs6066085 rs6560749 rs2554622 rs655601 rs10498712 rs4420638 rs2159324 rs3846663 rs4420638 rs7917302 rs2159324 rs3846663 rs7895372 rs17157663 rs16874905 rs7396835 rs7396851 rs2727789 rs2071521 rs2849176 rs2071523 rs6589567 rs2722750 rs12978414 rs4420638 rs10518224 T A C C G A T A C C G A A C C T C A G G T T G C T T G A T T T G G T C C C G G A G G G T C G A T A G A G G T T G A C A A C C A G C C C G C C C T A C T A G C A G 0.14 0.07 0.07 0.32 0.49 0.50 0.47 0.47 0.50 0.08 0.47 0.36 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.14 0.42 0.47 0.25 0.21 0.44 0.39 0.21 0.03 0.44 0.39 0.04 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.37 0.39 0.14 0.21 0.23 schip1 arhgap15 trim24 adarb2 mgat1 tomm40,apoc2,apoe,apoc4,apoc1 mgc2650,bloc1s3,xtp7 col4a3bp,hmgcr tomm40,apoc2,apoe,apoc4,apoc1 mgc2650,bloc1s3,xtp7 col4a3bp,hmgcr itga8 2.0E-06 20.32 2.4% adarb2 1.2E-05 20.14 0.9% ensg00000181233 3.1E-06 3.1E-06 8.4E-07 5.3E-06 6.7E-06 7.3E-06 8.4E-06 2.8E-06 4.1E-06 9.0E-06 1.5E-06 1.6E-06 2.1E-06 7.5E-06 9.7E-06 5.3E-06 8.7E-06 1.9E-07 3.7E-07 1.3E-06 3.4E-07 1.9E-06 2.3E-06 5.5E-06 6.0E-06 8.8E-06 9.9E-06 1.2E-09 1.2E-09 2.1E-09 2.2E-09 2.9E-09 3.9E-09 8.6E-09 3.8E-06 4.0E-06 5.0E-06 6.7E-06 8 20.44 2.6% 20.44 2.5% 20.22 2.1% 0.20 1.9% 0.19 1.8% 0.19 1.9% 0.19 1.8% 20.21 2.3% 20.36 1.9% 0.22 2.3% 0.85 8.7% 0.86 9.1% 0.85 8.9% 20.34 2.7% 0.23 2.5% 0.23 0.23 2.6% 2.1% 0.31 3.1% 20.21 2.2% 0.21 2.1% 0.28 2.5% 20.39 0.9% 20.19 1.8% 0.19 1.7% 20.35 1.0% 20.18 1.5% 20.18 1.5% 0.23 2.3% 0.23 2.3% 0.22 2.2% 0.21 2.0% 0.22 2.1% 0.21 2.1% 20.21 2.2% 0.16 1.3% 0.28 1.9% 0.22 1.6% 0.19 1.3% mgc13125,ensg00000110244,apoc3,apoa5,znf259 znf228,znf285 ensg00000179066,fxyd5,ensg00000126258,lgi4,fxyd3,fxyd7 tomm40,apoc2,apoe,apoc4,apoc1 February 2009 | Volume 5 | Issue 2 | e1000365