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Table 4 Common diseases in the PMRP cohort and polymorphism coverage of these diseases.

From: Development of a fingerprinting panel using medically relevant polymorphisms

Disease

PMRP prevalence (%) *

Associated polymorphisms in the fingerprint

Healthy People 2010 Focus area

Minimal detectable odds ratio based on disease prevalence*

Cardiovascular disease

7518 (41.2%)

10

12

1.5

Obesity

6927 (38%)

7

19

<3.2

COPD

6123 (33.6%)

2

24

<3.2

Arthritis

4814 (26.4%)

3

2

<3.2

Asthma

2186 (13.7%)

4

24

<3.2

Cancer (all sites)

2073 (11.4%)

8

3

<3.2

Diabetes

1734 (9.5%)

4

5

<3.2

  1. *from McCarty, Mukesh, Giampetro and Wilke 2007 [24]