In blood eosinophil counts, there were 8 genes (FCER1G, IL7R, USF1, APOA2, NDUFS2, ZNF217, PPOX, TSHZ2, TOMM40L) annotated from 4 SNPs that associate with the trait only in the asthma population. This evidence concerns the gene TSHZ2 and asthma.