In this preliminary analysis of African American adults from EAGLE BioVU after quality control, 135 definite POAG cases and 1,376 POAG controls (S2 Table) were tested for an association with 258 common variants (MAF > 5%) in the CDKN2B-AS1 region using a logistic regression model adjusted for age and sex. The gene discussed is CDKN2B; the disease is open-angle glaucoma.