Online Appendix:

1. Loci identified using variance components methods (LOD2.0) in Pima Indians.

Trait Chrom. cM LOD Reference

Young-Onset T2DM 1 170 2.5 1

Respiratory Quotient 1 105 2.8 2

HDL-Cholesterol 3 181 2.6 3

Leptin 6 54 2.1 4

Young-Onset T2DM 7 120 2.0 1

2-Hour Insulin after OGTT 9 99 2.2 5

Body Mass Index 11 139 3.6 1

Parent of Origin affect on Birth Weight 11 88 3.4 6

Percent Fat 18 54 2.3 2

Total Cholesterol 19 0 3.9 3

Insulin Action 22 0 2.1 5

Fasting Glucose 22 46 2.4 5

2. Genes analyzed as positional candidates for linkage in Pima Indians.

Chromosome 1q21-24 (Young Onset T2DM)

Gene Reference

ENSA 7

IL6R 8

PTGS2 9

MGST3 10

PLA2G4A 11

CRP 12

PRKAB2 13

KCNJ9 14

KCNJ10 15

LMX1A 16

INSRR 17

LMNA 18

PEA15 19

MTG8 20

SLC19A2 21

PBX1 22

PKLR unpublished

RXRG unpublished

MGST3 unpublished

Chromosome 11q23-24 (Body Mass Index)

Gene Reference

DRD2 23

ORP150 24

NCAM unpublished

PLZF unpublished

NNMT unpublished

IGS4 unpublished

ZNF259 unpublished

APOA1 unpublished

APOA3 unpublished

APOA4 unpublished

APOA5 unpublished

TAGLN unpublished

PCSK7 unpublished

ARCN1 unpublished

CBL2 unpublished

C1Q TNF unpublished

THY1 unpublished

ARHGEF12 unpublished

GRIK4 unpublished

SC5DL unpublished

ZNF202 unpublished

SP17 unpublished

NRGN unpublished

BCSC unpublished

TBRG1 unpublished

PANX3 unpublished

CTH unpublished

PKNOX2 unpublished

FEZ unpublished

SP10 unpublished

PIG8 unpublished

NEPH-2 unpublished

ETS-1 unpublished

FLI1 unpublished

KCNJ1 unpublished

KCNJ5 unpublished

KIAA 0712 unpublished

BARX2 unpublished

NFRKB unpublished

APLP2 unpublished

HNT unpublished

OPCML unpublished

B3GAT1 unpublished

Chromosome 7q (Young Onset T2DM)

Gene Reference

PPP1R3 25

Chromosome 19p (Total serum cholesterol)

Gene Reference

LDLR unpublished

Chromosome 11p (Parent of origin effect on birth weight)

Gene Reference

INS 26

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