Figure 2

(A). Identification of minimal combination of SNPs for maximal prediction value of metabolic expression level of El (estrone) using leave one out cross validation analysis. Estrone levels <68.2 pmol/l and >69.2 pmol/l are best predicted by the genotypes in the given order (p < 0.05). Frequency distribution of the genotypes at each locus: Blue – common homozygous genotype, green – heterozygous, yellow – rare homozygous genotype for each locus (row) and each person (column), white- missing value (A). Columns under heat map labeled by '|' correspond to samples with estrone level < 68.2 pmol/l, columns labeled by '-' correspond to sample with estrone level > 69.2 pmol/l. Columns are ordered with respect to increasing estrone level (B). Stacked diagrams of frequency distribution of the genotypes at each locus (C).