Figure 1. Published associations between chromosomal loci and many diseases which have been identified by genome-wide associations up to June 2009.

A significance level of p<5×10⁻⁸ has been used to determine whether associations are significant. As can be seen a large number of associations have been identified with many common diseases. Credit: Darryl Leja and Teri Manolio; available from http://www.genome.gov/gwastudies. Accessed 25 September 2009.