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Genetic risk prediction in a small cohort of healthy adults in Atlanta.
Genetics research - 1 Feb 2013
Zhao Jing, Arafat Dalia, Brigham Kenneth L, Gibson Greg
Abstract excerpt
Compared with single markers, polygenic scores that evaluate the joint effects of multiple trait-associated variants are more effective in explaining the variance of traits and risk of diseases. In total, 182 CHDWB (Emory-Georgia Tech Center for Health Discovery and Well Being study) adults were genotyped to investigate the common variant contributions to three traits (height, BMI, serum triglycerides) and three...
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