| BCS70 | The 1970 British Cohort Study |
| Imputed data | Genotype imputation is the term used to describe the process of inferring unobserved genotypes in a sample of individuals. It is achieved by using known haplotypes in a population (e.g. HapMap or the 1000 Genomes Project in humans). Data which has undergone imputation is known as imputed data. |
| MCS | Millenium Cohort Study |
| NCDS | National Child Development Study |
| PRS | PRS (polygenic risk scores) summarise into a single score, the number of genetic variants an individual has linked to a particular trait |
| QC | Quality control -the steps taken to monitor and control the quality of a product. In this case, the ‘product’ is a set of genetic data produced for the purpose of detecting genotype-phenotype associations and gene-environment interactions |