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Uncovering associations between pre-existing conditions and COVID-19 Severity: A polygenic risk score approach across three large biobanks.
PLoS genetics - 1 Dec 2023
Fritsche Lars G, Nam Kisung, Du Jiacong, Kundu Ritoban, Salvatore Maxwell, Shi Xu, Lee Seunggeun, Burgess Stephen, Mukherjee Bhramar
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To overcome the limitations associated with the collection and curation of COVID-19 outcome data in biobanks, this study proposes the use of polygenic risk scores (PRS) as reliable proxies of COVID-19 severity across three large biobanks: the Michigan Genomics Initiative (MGI), UK Biobank (UKB), and NIH All of Us. The goal is to identify associations between pre-existing conditions and COVID-19...
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