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Abstract

Circulating in the human population are common genetic variants that can make a substantial contribution to serious common diseases. An estimate of the proportion of cases of disease due to these risk variants (population attributable risk) is often calculated from the odds ratio and genotype prevalence.

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Title
Genomics of common diseases
Pages
569
Publication year
2007
Publication date
May 2007
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
ISSN
10614036
e-ISSN
15461718
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0507-569
ProQuest document ID
222663574
Copyright
Copyright Nature Publishing Group May 2007