Table 1  Summary of significant signatures of selection and the candidate regions containing stature-associated genes
Candidate Populations  Reference Populationa
Categories  Cohorts  Small  Large  Total Regions
European  Large  4 (4)b  —  9 (7)
Small  —  5 (3)
African  Large  9 (2)  —  17 (5)
Small  —  8 (3)
Overall     26 (12)
Complete CSS results are given in Figures and Supplementary Tables for European cohorts (Figure 2A, Table S5) and African cohorts (Figure 2B, Table S6). Significant signatures of selection (top 0.1% of CSS) and some candidate genes (complete list in Table 2) within each region are shown in Figure 4.
a  Reference populations for candidate European cohorts were the contrasting European cohorts; similarly, African cohorts were compared against contrasting African cohorts.
b  Each cell shows number of significant regions identified by analyzing the candidate population against the contrasting reference population. The numbers within parentheses are significant regions that harbor candidate genes associated with stature.