Epidemiological evaluation of the use of genetics to improve the predictive value of disease risk factors.

Article

Epidemiological evaluation of the use of genetics to improve the predictive value of disease risk factors.

American journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 1995

Khoury M J, Wagener D K

Abstract excerpt

The prevention of common diseases relies on identifying risk factors and implementing intervention in high-risk groups. Nevertheless, most known risk factors have low positive predictive value (PPV) and low population-attributable fraction (PAF) for diseases (e.g., cholesterol and coronary heart...

Topics

Epidemiologic Methods
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetics, Medical
Genotype
Humans
Models, Genetic
Predictive Value of Tests
Preventive Medicine
Risk Factors

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