In contrast to our expectation, 6 asthma SNPs showed nominal association with lower eosinophil counts in the general population (rs1233578 [ZBED9], rs519973 [BCL6], rs7686660 [USP38], rs6691738 [TNFSF4], rs2507978 [HLA‐B], rs3117098 [HCG23]), and 1 SNP in the asthma population (rs2786098 [CRB1]). The gene discussed is HLA-B; the disease is asthma.