Results with p<0.01for associations between variants and quantitative traits as measured at baseline examination in sub-cohort subjects free of CVD at baseline, women and men combined.

aFor most variants, showing results for additive model (add). Exception is for trait/variant combination in which one of the genotyping groups has <5 individuals, for which the comparison is made between minor allele carriers and non-carriers. Also, showing variants for which the association at p<0.01 is obtained only for minor allele dominant (dom) or recessive (rec) model. bcovariates used in analysis: age at baseline, geographic region, cohort, and gender. cThese variant pairs show similar results due to high LD (r2>0.96): F5 rs2269648 and rs6029, LCT rs4988235 and rs182549, LCT rs6719488 and rs2236783.