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Polygenic risk for coronary heart disease acts through atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes.
Cardiovascular diabetology - 30 Jan 2020
Lu Tianyuan, Forgetta Vincenzo, Yu Oriana H Y, Mokry Lauren, Gregory Madeline, Thanassoulis George, Greenwood Celia M T, Richards J Brent
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), yet the mechanisms involved remain poorly described. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) provide an opportunity to understand risk factors since they reflect etiologic pathways from the entire genome. We therefore tested whether a PRS for CHD influenced risk of CHD in individuals with type 2 diabetes and which risk factors were associated...
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