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Sex- and age-specific genetic analysis of chronic back pain.
Pain - 1 Apr 2021
Freidin Maxim B, Tsepilov Yakov A, Stanaway Ian B, Meng Weihua, Hayward Caroline, Smith Blair H, Khoury Samar, Parisien Marc, Bortsov Andrey, Diatchenko Luda, Børte Sigrid, Winsvold Bendik S, Brumpton Ben M, Zwart John-Anker, Aulchenko Yurii S, Suri Pradeep, Williams Frances M K
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ABSTRACT: Sex differences for chronic back pain (cBP) have been reported, with females usually exhibiting greater morbidity, severity, and poorer response to treatment. Genetic factors acting in an age-specific manner have been implicated but never comprehensively explored. We performed sex- and age-stratified genome-wide association study and single nucleotide polymorphism-by-sex interaction analysis for cBP...
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