Summary of SNP associations with 4 lipid traits in our multi-ethnic study samples^§.

§Significant p-values (<0.05) are shown in bold. ‘Log10’ transformation was used for HDL-C and TG levels in Non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs) and Hispanics, ‘natural log’ transformation for TC and TG levels in African Blacks, and ‘square root’ transformation for LDL-C and HDL-C levels in African Blacks. The genotypic effects were modeled as the additive effect of the population-specific minor allele in each ethnic group (minor alleles that differed from those in NHWs are shown in italics). The results were adjusted for relevant covariates in each ethnic group. *N.A: These SNPs were not analyzed in African Blacks among which they did not have sufficient minor allele frequency (MAF). Six SNPs showed lower genotyping call rate (<95%) in one of the 3 ethnic groups studied (MAF underlined) while the remaining SNPs had high call rates in all ethnic groups. ‡This SNP showed low rate (0.5%) of discrepancy among replicates included in genotyping.