Figure 1

Linkage disequilibrium plot of SNPs within ADIPOQ using data from the combined BHS/CUDAS cohorts. Schematic representation of the adiponectin (ADIPOQ) gene on chromosome 3. The exon/intron structure of the gene is shown, together with the pairwise linkage disequilibrium (LD) and haplotype blocks across the gene. The protein coding region is shown by black shading in exons 2 and 3. The D’ values for each SNP pair are shown, with dark red diamonds without a corresponding D’ value representing complete LD (D’=1).