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Integration of a polygenic score into guideline-recommended prediction of cardiovascular disease.
European heart journal - 27 May 2024
Li Ling, Pang Shichao, Starnecker Fabian, Mueller-Myhsok Bertram, Schunkert Heribert
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: It is not clear how a polygenic risk score (PRS) can be best combined with guideline-recommended tools for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction, e.g. SCORE2. METHODS: A PRS for coronary artery disease (CAD) was calculated in participants of UK Biobank (n = 432 981). Within each tenth of the PRS distribution, the odds ratios (ORs)-referred to as PRS-factor-for CVD (i.e. CAD or stroke)...
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