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Genetic risk score associations with cardiovascular disease and mortality in the Diabetes Heart Study.
Diabetes care - 1 Apr 2014
Cox Amanda J, Hsu Fang-Chi, Ng Maggie C Y, Langefeld Carl D, Freedman Barry I, Carr J Jeffrey, Bowden Donald W
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OBJECTIVE Given the high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes, identifying and understanding predictors of CVD events and mortality could help inform clinical management in this high-risk group. Recent large-scale genetic studies may provide additional tools in this regard. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Genetic risk scores (GRSs) were constructed in...
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