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A multi-locus genetic risk score for abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Mar 2016
Ye Zi, Austin Erin, Schaid Daniel J, Kullo Iftikhar J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We investigated whether a multi-locus genetic risk scores (GRS) was associated with presence and progression of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in a case - control study. METHODS AND RESULTS: The study comprised of 1124 patients with AAA (74 ± 8 years, 83% men, 52% of them with a maximal AAA size ≤ 5 cm) and 6524 non-cases (67 ± 11 years, 58% men) from the Mayo Vascular Disease Biorepository. AAA was...
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