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Polygenic risk score trend and new variants on chromosome 1 are associated with male gout in genome-wide association study.
Arthritis research & therapy - 11 Oct 2022
Chang Ya-Sian, Lin Chien-Yu, Liu Ting-Yuan, Huang Chung-Ming, Chung Chin-Chun, Chen Yu-Chia, Tsai Fuu-Jen, Chang Jan-Gowth, Chang Shun-Jen
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BACKGROUND: Gout is a highly hereditary disease, but not all those carrying well-known risk variants have developing gout attack even in hyperuricemia status. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and polygenic risk score (PRS) analysis to illustrate the new genetic architectures of gout and asymptomatic hyperuricemia (AH). METHODS: GWAS was performed to identify variants associated with gout/AH...
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