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Polygenic risk score predicts prevalence of cardiovascular disease in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Paquette Martine, Chong Michael, Thériault Sébastien, Dufour Robert, Paré Guillaume, Baass Alexis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a severe monogenic disease, it has been shown that clinical risk factors and common genetic variants can modify cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the polygenic contribution to lipid traits and CVD in FH using genetic risk scores (GRSs). METHODS: Among the 20,434 subjects attending the lipid clinic, we...
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