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Your Environment. Your Health.

Data Snapshots PEGS: Personalized Environment and Genes Study

These aggregated data snapshots provide a high-level overview of PEGS and highlight the value and uniqueness of PEGS. These snapshots provide summary information about participant demographics, diseases or phenotypes and the various exposure data collected from the PEGS participants.

Demographics


Health & Exposure Survey


External Exposome Survey


Internal Exposome Survey


Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Data


Disease Frequency

This table shows diseases with at least 100 cases in all PEGS participants and in PEGS participants for whom whole genome sequencing data is available.

Disease Diagnosis Number of Cases in All Participants Number of Cases in Participants With Whole Genome Sequencing
Any cancer diagnosis 1319 693
Cancer diagnosis 1, breast, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) 258 139
Cancer diagnosis, skin (non-melanoma) 507 303
Cancer diagnosis 1, had surgery 389 329
Diagnosed with manic depressive illness or bipolar disorder 483 188
Diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome by a doctor or health care professional 227 100
Ever diagnosed with allergic rhinitis, hay fever or seasonal allergies 3733 2048
Ever diagnosed with high blood pressure or hypertension 3456 1613
Ever diagnosed with high cholesterol 3084 1616
Ever diagnosed with allergies or allergic reactions (other than seasonal allergies) 2607 1426
Ever diagnosed with chicken pox 2520 2022
Ever diagnosed with flu 1997 1594
Ever diagnosed with migraine headaches (with or without aura) 1643 880
Ever diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia 1517 827
Ever diagnosed with polyps in the colon or rectum 1466 816
Ever diagnosed with osteoarthritis 1244 707
Ever diagnosed with bone loss, thinning in the bones, osteopenia, or pre-osteoporosis 1237 666
Ever diagnosed with asthma 1228 606
Ever diagnosed with diabetes or sugar diabetes 1140 481
Ever diagnosed with thyroid disease (other than cancer) 1089 594
Ever diagnosed with pre-diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, or impaired glucose tolerance 1121 565
Ever diagnosed with measles 1083 904
Ever diagnosed with mumps 983 831
Ever diagnosed with cold sores 918 749
Ever diagnosed with other type of arthritis 908 385
Ever diagnosed with eczema 873 467
Ever diagnosed with kidney stones 872 428
Ever diagnosed with shingles (Health & Exposure Survey) 831 420
Ever diagnosed with German Measles 764 653
Ever diagnosed with viral pneumonia 755 594
Ever diagnosed with gallbladder disease 752 390
Ever diagnosed with urticaria or hives 730 436
Ever diagnosed with diabetes, currently using diabetic pills (oral medication) to lower blood sugar 727 292
Ever diagnosed with lactose intolerance 709 363
Ever diagnosed with hypothyroidism (e.g., Hashimoto's thyroiditis) 698 419
Ever diagnosed with bacterial food poisoning 583 472
Ever diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia 559 308
Ever diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia 518 410
Ever diagnosed with mononucleosis (mono) 505 418
Ever diagnosed with stomach or duodenal ulcer 502 259
Ever diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or RA 470 193
Ever diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD (e.g., chronic bronchitis, emphysema) 467 189
Ever diagnosed with a sleep disorder 449 361
Ever diagnosed with viral food poisoning 440 360
Ever diagnosed with pyelonephritis, nephritis, or kidney infection 440 227
Ever diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 430 208
Ever diagnosed with brittle bones or osteoporosis 424 170
Ever diagnosed with a staph infection 417 334
Ever diagnosed with psoriasis 398 208
Ever diagnosed with fibromyalgia 382 171
Ever diagnosed with gout 363 155
Ever diagnosed with diabetes, currently being treated with insulin 337 118
Ever diagnosed with poor blood flow or blocked or narrowed arteries to the legs, claudication or peripheral arterial disease 346 136
Ever diagnosed with shingles (Exposome B Survey) 335 270
Ever diagnosed with coronary artery disease 311 141
Ever diagnosed with heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI) 289 112
Ever diagnosed with streptococcal invasive disease 282 223
Ever diagnosed with genital warts 266 212
Ever diagnosed with hepatitis 255 129
Ever diagnosed with chlamydia 241 179
Ever diagnosed with hyperthyroidism (e.g., Grave's disease) 238 119
Ever diagnosed with ulcers 218 186
Ever diagnosed with fatty liver disease or steatosis 213 107
Ever diagnosed with Raynaud's syndrome or disease 211 134
Ever diagnosed with enlarged thyroid or goiter 203 100
Ever diagnosed with whooping cough 192 167
Ever diagnosed with genital herpes 189 141
Females only, ever diagnosed with endometriosis 660 351
Females only, ever diagnosed with fibroids, fibroid tumors, uterine fibroids or other benign uterine tumors 1454 746
Females only, ever diagnosed with ovarian cysts or benign ovarian growth or neoplasm 1218 660
Females only, ever diagnosed with polyps in the endometrium or uterus 350 192
Males only, ever diagnosed with an enlarged prostate or benign prostatic hyperplasia 458 243
Males only, ever diagnosed with an inflammation of the prostate or prostatitis 242 132
Sleep disorder diagnosis, sleep apnea 350 281

All data on this website are reported from PEGS Data Freeze 1.1 created on 7/26/2021.

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