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Assessment of the value of a genetic risk score in improving the estimation of coronary risk.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jun 2012
Lluis-Ganella Carla, Subirana Isaac, Lucas Gavin, Tomás Marta, Muñoz Daniel, Sentí Mariano, Salas Eduardo, Sala Joan, Ramos Rafel, Ordovas Jose M, Marrugat Jaume, Elosua Roberto
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BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association has established criteria for the evaluation of novel markers of cardiovascular risk. In accordance with these criteria, we assessed the association between a multi-locus genetic risk score (GRS) and incident coronary heart disease (CHD), and evaluated whether this GRS improves the predictive capacity of the Framingham risk function. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using eight...
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