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Strong effects of genetic and lifestyle factors on biomarker variation and use of personalized cutoffs.
Nature communications - 22 Aug 2014
Enroth Stefan, Johansson Asa, Enroth Sofia Bosdotter, Gyllensten Ulf
Abstract excerpt
Ideal biomarkers used for disease diagnosis should display deviating levels in affected individuals only and be robust to factors unrelated to the disease. Here we show the impact of genetic, clinical and lifestyle factors on circulating levels of 92 protein biomarkers for cancer and inflammation, using a population-based cohort of 1,005 individuals. For 75% of the biomarkers, the levels are significantly...
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