ALT	Alanine Aminotransferase
AST	Aspartate Aminotransferase
BMI	Body Mass Index
BUN	Blood Urea Nitrogen
HWE	Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium
IFC	Integrated Fluidic Circuit
IRB	Institutional Review Board
LD	Linkage Disequilibrium
LSP	Locus-Specific Primer
PCR	Polymerase Chain Reaction
SNP	Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
STA	Specific Target Amplification
TFBS	Transcription Factor Binding Site
PCA	Principal Component Analysis
QU	Qatar University
WC	Waist Circumference
1000G	1000 Genomes