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Genetic risk analysis of coronary artery disease in Pakistani subjects using a genetic risk score of 21 variants.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Mar 2017
Shahid Saleem Ullah, Shabana, Cooper Jackie A, Beaney Katherine E, Li Kawah, Rehman Abdul, Humphries Steve E
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Conventional coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors like age, gender, blood lipids, hypertension and smoking have been the basis of CAD risk prediction algorithms, but provide only modest discrimination. Genetic risk score (GRS) may provide improved discrimination over and above conventional risk factors. Here we analyzed the genetic risk of CAD in subjects from Pakistan, using a GRS of...
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