“…Currently, regression is still commonly used for disease prediction. For example, a search of PubMed revealed 10 articles published in 2013 which applied regression methods for the prediction of a variety of diseases, including cerebrovascular disease, age-related macular degeneration, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Abraham et al, 2013; Borque et al, 2013; Gruner et al, 2013; Harada et al, 2013; Mondul et al, 2013; Romano et al, 2013; Schellekens et al, 2013; Sharma et al, 2013; Tsai et al, 2013; Uddin et al, 2013). In addition, extensions including regression of the whole genome using a Best Linear Unbiased Prediction method (G-BLUP) can produce more highly predictive models (de Los Campos et al, 2013).…”