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Interaction of obesity polygenic score with lifestyle risk factors in an electronic health record biobank.
BMC medicine - 12 Jan 2022
Dashti Hassan S, Miranda Nicole, Cade Brian E, Huang Tianyi, Redline Susan, Karlson Elizabeth W, Saxena Richa
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BACKGROUND: Genetic and lifestyle factors have considerable effects on obesity and related diseases, yet their effects in a clinical cohort are unknown. This study in a patient biobank examined associations of a BMI polygenic risk score (PRS), and its interactions with lifestyle risk factors, with clinically measured BMI and clinical phenotypes. METHODS: The Mass General Brigham (MGB) Biobank is a hospital-based...
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