Common DNA Variants Accurately Rank an Individual of Extreme Height

Figure 2

Height score distribution calculated using the 2910 SNPs. Mr. Bradley’s height score (10.32, indicated by the arrow) ranked highest when compared to the 1020 individuals from ADNI and Cache County, while the next highest was 7.43. The mean height score within the ADNI and Cache County data was 0.98 with a standard deviation of 2.22, making Mr. Bradley’s height score 4.2 standard deviations above the mean.