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Association of environmental and genetic factors and gene-environment interactions with risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis care & research - 1 Jul 2013
Karlson Elizabeth W, Ding Bo, Keenan Brendan T, Liao Katherine, Costenbader Karen H, Klareskog Lars, Alfredsson Lars, Chibnik Lori B
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OBJECTIVE: We developed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk models based on validated environmental factors (E), genetic risk scores (GRS), and gene-environment interactions (GEI) to identify factors that can improve accuracy and reclassification. METHODS: Models including E, GRS, and GEI were developed among 317 white seropositive RA cases and 551 controls from the Nurses' Health Studies (NHS) and validated in 987...
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