Ten Most Common Inherited Genetic Diseases
The first Thursday of every month is the b5media Science and Health Channel Theme Day. Today, everyone is coming up with a list of 10 interesting bits of information including 10 tips for Alzheimer’s patient caregivers at Alzheimer’s Notes and top ten list of supplies to have in a flu pandemic at Flu Patrol. A full-round up of all the lists is at MRSA Notes.
Out of curiosity, I looked for a list of most common genetic diseases. Of course, it’s not that simple. Most diseases are caused by a combination of genes and environment. Even inherited diseases can be caused by more than one gene and influenced by environmental exposures. Here’s a list of the top 10 most common single gene Mendelian disorders in the UK and their frequency per 1000 births from the Genetic Interest Group.
- Familial combined hyperlipidemia - 5.0
- Familial hypercholesterolemia - 2.0
- Dominant otosclerosis - 1.0
- Adult polycystic kidney disease - 0.8
- Multiple exostoses - 0.5
- Huntington’s disease - 0.5
- Fragile X-syndrome - 0.5
- Neurofibromatosis - 0.4
- Cystic Fibrosis - 0.4
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy - 0.3
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Sep 7, 2006 at 7:25 am
[…] At Genetics and Health, Hsien has a list of the Ten Most Common Inherited Genetic Diseases and their frequency in the UK. It is too late for me, but be sure and read up on those so you can consider what you might be passing along to your children! […]
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