An analysis comparing the allele frequencies of all available (or a whole GENOME representative set of) polymorphic markers in unrelated patients with a specific symptom or disease condition, and those of healthy controls to identify markers associated with a specific disease or condition.

Synonyms: Genome-Wide Association Study, GWA Study, GWA Studies, Study, Genome-Wide Association, Genome Wide Association Study, Studies, Genome-Wide Association, Whole Genome Association Study, Genome Wide Association Analysis, Study, GWA, Association Studies, Genome-Wide, Whole Genome Association Analysis, Association Study, Genome-Wide, Studies, GWA, Genome Wide Association Studies, Genome Wide Association Scan, Genome-Wide Association Studies