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Polygenic Liability to Alzheimer's Disease Is Associated with a Wide Range of Chronic Diseases: A Cohort Study of 312,305 Participants.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2023
Wu Bang-Sheng, Zhang Ya-Ru, Yang Liu, Zhang Wei, Deng Yue-Ting, Chen Shi-Dong, Feng Jian-Feng, Cheng Wei, Yu Jin-Tai
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BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients rank among the highest levels of comorbidities compared to persons with other diseases. However, it is unclear whether the conditions are caused by shared pathophysiology due to the genetic pleiotropy for AD risk genes. OBJECTIVE: To figure out the genetic pleiotropy for AD risk genes in a wide range of diseases. METHODS: We estimated the polygenic risk score (PRS)...
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