The disease traits for which we identified the greatest number of novel disease relationships were, in descending order: glomerular filtration rate41,42, alcohol dependence43, peripheral arterial disease40, gout44, diabetes mellitus42, microalbuminuria45, urinary albumin to creatine ratio45, systolic blood pressure46,47, venous thromboembolism40,48, diastolic blood pressure46,47, and body height49 (Fig. 5). The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is diabetes mellitus.