VCAM1 and asthma: Two of the 106 variants present in more than one ethnic group were consistently associated with asthma exacerbations (Table 1): rs12091010 [VCAM1/EXTL2, OR for T allele: 0.89 (0.82–0.97), p = 5.35 × 10−3] (Figure 2) and rs943126 [PANK1, OR for C allele: 0.92 (0.86–0.98), p = 1.30 × 10−2] (Figure 3).