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Multiancestral polygenic risk score for pediatric asthma.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Nov 2022
Namjou Bahram, Lape Michael, Malolepsza Edyta, DeVore Stanley B, Weirauch Matthew T, Dikilitas Ozan, Jarvik Gail P, Kiryluk Krzysztof, Kullo Iftikhar J, Liu Cong, Luo Yuan, Satterfield Benjamin A, Smoller Jordan W, Walunas Theresa L, Connolly John, Sleiman Patrick, Mersha Tesfaye B, Mentch Frank D, Hakonarson Hakon, Prows Cynthia A, Biagini Jocelyn M, Khurana Hershey Gurjit K, Martin Lisa J, Kottyan Leah
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children and the third leading cause of hospitalization in pediatrics. The genome-wide association study catalog reports 140 studies with genome-wide significance. A polygenic risk score (PRS) with predictive value across ancestries has not been evaluated for this important trait. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to train and validate a PRS relying on genetic...
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