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Design of a randomized controlled trial of disclosing genomic risk of coronary heart disease: the Myocardial Infarction Genes (MI-GENES) study.
BMC medical genomics - 15 Aug 2015
Kullo Iftikhar J, Jouni Hayan, Olson Janet E, Montori Victor M, Bailey Kent R
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BACKGROUND: Whether disclosure of a genetic risk score (GRS) for a common disease influences relevant clinical outcomes is unknown. We describe design of the Myocardial Infarction Genes (MI-GENES) Study, a randomized clinical trial to assess whether disclosing a GRS for coronary heart disease (CHD) leads to lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. METHODS AND DESIGN: We performed an initial...
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