Summarizing an aggregate contribution to a characteristic for an individual

A system for summarizing an aggregate contribution to a characteristic for an individual, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• receive an indication of the characteristic to be evaluated and an indication of an individual to determine the aggregate contribution for, wherein the characteristic is phenotypic;
• identify a plurality of markers associated with the characteristic;
• retrieve the measurement of the individual for each of the plurality of markers from a database of individuals' markers;
• retrieve a plurality of statistical factors that measure an association between the plurality of markers and the characteristics, including a joint or conditional association between a set of one or more of the plurality of markers and the characteristic;
• and
• determine the aggregate contribution to the characteristic of the individual based at least in part on the retrieved statistical factors;
• wherein the aggregate contribution is a probability or an odds ratio;
• output display characteristics to be displayed of the aggregate contribution to the characteristic of the individual;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

A computer program product for summarizing an aggregate contribution to a characteristic for an individual, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• receiving an indication of the characteristic to be evaluated and an indication of an individual to determine the aggregate contribution for, wherein the characteristic is phenotypic;
• identifying one or more markers associated with the characteristic;
• identifying using a processor a plurality of markers associated with the characteristic;
• retrieving the measurement of the individual for each of the plurality of markers from a database of individuals' markers;
• retrieving a plurality of statistical factors that measure an association between the plurality of markers and the characteristics, including a joint or conditional association between a set of one or more of the plurality of markers and the characteristic;
• and
• determining the aggregate contribution to the characteristic of the individual based at least in part on the retrieved statistical factors, wherein the aggregate contribution is a probability or an odds ratio;
• outputting display characteristics to be displayed of the aggregate contribution to the characteristic of the individual.