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Effects of Testing and Disclosing Ancestry-Specific Genetic Risk for Kidney Failure on Patients and Health Care Professionals: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA network open - 1 Mar 2022
Nadkarni Girish N, Fei Kezhen, Ramos Michelle A, Hauser Diane, Bagiella Emilia, Ellis Stephen B, Sanderson Saskia, Scott Stuart A, Sabin Tatiana, Madden Ebony, Cooper Richard, Pollak Martin, Calman Neil, Bottinger Erwin P, Horowitz Carol R
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Risk variants in the apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1 [OMIM 603743]) gene on chromosome 22 are common in individuals of West African ancestry and confer increased risk of kidney failure for people with African ancestry and hypertension. Whether disclosing APOL1 genetic testing results to patients of African ancestry and their clinicians affects blood pressure, kidney disease screening, or patient behaviors is...
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