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Polygenic risk of high LDL cholesterol and ischemic heart disease in the general population.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 2024
Eyrich Tim Møller, Dalila Nawar, Christoffersen Mette, Tybjærg-Hansen Anne, Stender Stefan
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We tested the association of polygenic risk scores (PRS) for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and coronary artery disease (CAD) with LDL-C and risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) in the Danish general population. METHODS: We included a total of 21,485 individuals from the Copenhagen General Population Study and Copenhagen City Heart Study. For everyone, LDL-PRS and CAD-PRS were...
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