Top genome-wide association results for IL-6, ESR, MCP-1, and hsCRP.

The table summarizes top genome-wide association signals for IL-6, ESR, MCP-1 and hsCRP phenotypes in the HapMap based GWAS (Step 1), as well as results in the replication independent cohort (Step 2) and in the combined data-sets. For each marker, frequency and effect estimates are given with respect to the minor allele. Imputation quality scores (RSQ) are reported for imputed SNPs. Novel signals are indicated in bold.aThe effect size is measured in standard deviation units, being estimated as the β coefficient of the regression model when using the normalized trait (e.g. an effect size of 1.0 implies each additional copy of the allele being evaluated increases trait values by 1.0 standard deviations).bIndependent signals.