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Polygenic risk scores reveal shared polygenic risk across five common cardiovascular diseases.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jun 2026
Adane Tigist D, Sedaghati-Khayat Bahar, Trap Lianne, Dagnaw Asrat B, Kavousi Maryam, Rivadeneira Fernando, van Meurs Joyce B J, Uitterlinden André G, van Rooij Jeroen G J
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: The five cardiovascular diseases (CVDs): Coronary artery disease (CAD), stroke, heart failure (HF), peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and atrial fibrillation(Afib) often co-occur. Most polygenic risk scores (PRSs) are developed for individual CVDs, limiting their clinical utility across multiple CVDs. We investigated associations between five PRSs and (1) their CVDs, (2) cross-disease...
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