Table 2.

Means of PM in the literature (short)

Means in (1025)
1 Research (97)	genetic information (417)
A. On individual differences (4)	unspecified (19)
B. On genetics/genomics (39)	regarding knowledge of genes/genetic variation (215)
Unspecified (11)	regarding gene expression (13)
Regarding the influence of genes on disease development/progression (5)	regarding genomics/genomic variation (98)
Regarding the influence of genes on drug response (22)	regarding the transcriptome (4)
	regarding DNA/RNA(6)
Regarding the interaction of genes with other factors that influence disease development/progression (1)	regarding epigenetics (8)
	regarding gene-environment interaction (4)
C. On further factors that influence disease progression/development (8)	regarding pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics (41)
D. On further factors that influence drug response (4)	regarding further points (9)
	information on proteomics (35)
E. On biomarkers (40)	information on metabolomics (14)
F. On new technologies (2)	Further points mentioned (6)
	B. Usage of environmental factors/information (33)
2 Application in patient care (928)	C. Usage of further individual factors/information (126)
A. Usage of clinical information/clinical indicators (718)	Unspecified (77)
	Age-related information (4)
Unspecified (11)	Phenotypic factors/information (19)
Using information on medical history (12)	unspecified (5)
unspecified (6)	referring to gender (4)
regarding family history (6)	referring to weight (3)
Using biological information/biomarkers (689)	referring to membership of a certain (ethnic) group (7)
unspecified (81)
of the individual (21)	Personal preferences (4)
of the disease (13)	Behavior (22)
on the molecular level (574)	unspecified (8)
unspecified (101)	referring to nutrition (5)
information on disease pathways (7)	referring to lifestyle (6)
	referring to toxins (3)
	D. Usage of (specific) technology (51)
	Unspecified (17)
	(New) technology for genetic analysis (30)
	Information technology (4)