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Twelve Variants Polygenic Score for Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Distribution in a Large Cohort of Patients With Clinically Diagnosed Familial Hypercholesterolemia With or Without Causative Mutations.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 5 Apr 2022
Olmastroni Elena, Gazzotti Marta, Arca Marcello, Averna Maurizio, Pirillo Angela, Catapano Alberico Luigi, Casula Manuela
Abstract excerpt
Background A significant proportion of individuals clinically diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), but without any disease-causing mutation, are likely to have polygenic hypercholesterolemia. We evaluated the distribution of a polygenic risk score, consisting of 12 low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)-raising variants (polygenic LDL-C risk score), in subjects with a clinical diagnosis of FH....
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