The Million Veteran Program (MVP) is a research program from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that has collected and analyzed health information from over one million veteran volunteers. The data include genes, lifestyles, military experiences, and exposures that may impact health and wellness.
The results of the MVP phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) analysis are now available in NLM-NCBI’s database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP). The PheWAS summary data is based on information from approximately 600,000 veterans from four broad ancestry groups, with hundreds of phenotypic traits recorded in medical records. This is one of the largest publicly available PheWAS datasets to date and does not require an application to access the data.
You will be able to learn about the available data in dbGaP and download the full summary dataset from the FTP site. We have also included the “top hits” (lowest p-values) for further exploration in two visualization tools with specialty tracks in the Genome Data Viewer (GDV) and the new Genomic Analysis Navigator.
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Read the VA’s recent announcement on the new MVP analysis to learn more!
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This type of connectivity is definitely a step in the right direction. I have my VA blood testing done every 6 months and I am essentially interested in my thyroid chemistries. My genome sequencing data done at Nebula indicates a predisposition for thyroid problems. It would be interesting if a MVP participant could download their sequencing data from the MVP for personal comparison and evaluation.
An even bigger step in the right direction would be to connect all participants with a single condition or trait with their related blood work values. Thanks for the great job!