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Association of Genetic Risk Score With NAFLD in An Ethnically Diverse Cohort.
Hepatology communications - 1 Oct 2021
Wang Jun, Conti David V, Bogumil David, Sheng Xin, Noureddin Mazen, Wilkens Lynne R, Le Marchand Loic, Rosen Hugo R, Haiman Christopher A, Setiawan Veronica Wendy
Abstract excerpt
Most genetic studies of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have been conducted in Whites. In this large and ethnically diverse cohort, we assessed the transportability of previously identified genetic variants for NAFLD, built a genetic risk score (GRS), and examined its association with NAFLD risk in multiple ethnic groups. Thirty previously identified genome-wide association studies (GWAS) variants...
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