By looking up GWAS involving only Asian participants in PubMed (349 studies), we found the institution of the first author of each study. Around 93% of these studies were conducted in Asian countries. That the number of GWAS involving local populations has risen so much in Asia is heartening. But with such a large increase overall in the number of GWAS performed in the past seven years, the lack of growth in representation from other populations is remarkable and deeply disconcerting.
