After applying quality control measures, 138 EA, 167 AA, 102 AS and 133 HS genetic variants deeply covering a 57.6 kB region 5′ upstream of CR2 to intron 1 of CR1 were assessed for association with SLE (see online supplementary figure S1 and table S1). The gene discussed is CR1; the disease is systemic lupus erythematosus.