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Genomic prediction of coronary heart disease.
European heart journal - 14 Nov 2016
Abraham Gad, Havulinna Aki S, Bhalala Oneil G, Byars Sean G, De Livera Alysha M, Yetukuri Laxman, Tikkanen Emmi, Perola Markus, Schunkert Heribert, Sijbrands Eric J, Palotie Aarno, Samani Nilesh J, Salomaa Veikko, Ripatti Samuli, Inouye Michael
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Genetics plays an important role in coronary heart disease (CHD) but the clinical utility of genomic risk scores (GRSs) relative to clinical risk scores, such as the Framingham Risk Score (FRS), is unclear. Our aim was to construct and externally validate a CHD GRS, in terms of lifetime CHD risk and relative to traditional clinical risk scores. METHODS AND RESULTS: We generated a GRS of 49 310 SNPs based on...
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