Table 1 shows a summary of the significant regions in each cohort with comparison to respective reference populations within the European and African categories. It also shows the number of regions harboring candidate genes associated with stature, which were found in human GWAS (Table S4). Overall, out of 9 and 17 significant genomic regions within the European and African cohorts, 7 (77.8%) and 5 (29.4%) were co-located with candidate gene regions that harbor stature-associated genes. The remaining 2 and 12 significant genomic regions in European and African cohorts, respectively, were identified outside the known candidate gene regions. Overall, 46% (n = 12 out of 26) of all significant CSS were co-located with candidate gene regions, this proportion is much higher as compared to the 7% expected by chance alone as described above (Figure S3).