Communications Biology (Feb 2022)

Integration of questionnaire-based risk factors improves polygenic risk scores for human coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes

  • Max Tamlander,
  • Nina Mars,
  • Matti Pirinen,
  • FinnGen,
  • Elisabeth Widén,
  • Samuli Ripatti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02996-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Max Tamlander et al. combine polygenic risk scores and clinical assessments to improve prediction of coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes in European cohorts. Taken together, their results provide a useful method for preliminary cardiometabolic risk assessment in patients.