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Sex-stratified polygenic risk scores for coronary artery disease incidence: Insights from a 20-year cohort study.
BMC cardiovascular disorders - 13 Jun 2026
Najd-Hassan-Bonab Leila, Moazzam-Jazi Maryam, Khalili Davood, Mahdavi Maryam, Khalili Mitra, Daneshpour Maryam S
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BACKGROUND: Polygenic risk scores (PRS) utilize genetic variants to evaluate susceptibility to diseases. While the performance of PRS has been extensively studied in European populations, its accuracy and validation in the Middle East, particularly in Iran, remain underexplored. We aimed to assess whether PRSs improve coronary artery disease (CAD) prediction beyond clinical risk factors using sex-stratified...
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