Table 2

Transferability assessment of HapMap SNPs

Population
SNPs Transferability Performance with r2 ≥ 0.80



Number of SNPs
Mean-r2
Min-r2
Coverage

European
843
0.984
0.459
96.4%
Asian
693
0.982
0.410
97.1%
African
406
0.982
0.510
94.8%

HapMap data are used as the reference panel and the corresponding population in NIEHS is assessed. HapMap CEU panel for NIEHS European assessment; HapMap CHB panel for NIEHS Asian assessment and HapMap YRI panel for NIEHS African assessment.

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