Article
Genetic Predictors of Blood Pressure Traits are Associated with Preeclampsia
2023-02-14
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background</h4> Preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication characterized by hypertension after 20 gestational weeks, is a major cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. The mechanisms leading to preeclampsia are unclear; however, there is evidence that preeclampsia is highly heritable. We evaluated the association of polygenic risk scores (PRS) for blood pressure traits and preeclampsia to assess wh...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- 29e42e4c-1e7b-5b38-9f74-11f91015ca67
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.02.09.23285734
