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A comprehensive genome-wide cross-trait analysis of sexual factors and uterine leiomyoma.
PLoS genetics - 1 May 2024
Wu Xueyao, Xiao Changfeng, Rasooly Danielle, Zhao Xunying, Morton Cynthia Casson, Jiang Xia, Gallagher C Scott
Abstract excerpt
Age at first sexual intercourse (AFS) and lifetime number of sexual partners (NSP) may influence the pathogenesis of uterine leiomyoma (UL) through their associations with hormonal concentrations and uterine infections. Leveraging summary statistics from large-scale genome-wide association studies conducted in European ancestry for each trait (NAFS = 214,547; NNSP = 370,711; NUL = 302,979), we observed a...
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