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Identification of novel genetic susceptibility loci for thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms via genome-wide association study using the UK Biobank Cohort.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Ashvetiya Tamara, Fan Sherry X, Chen Yi-Ju, Williams Charles H, O'Connell Jeffery R, Perry James A, Hong Charles C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) are known to have a strong genetic component. METHODS AND RESULTS: In a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using the UK Biobank, we analyzed the genomes of 1,363 individuals with AAA compared to 27,260 age, ancestry, and sex-matched controls (1:20 case:control study design). A similar analysis was repeated for 435 individuals with...
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