Genomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults: Implications for Primary Prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronary artery disease (CAD) has substantial heritability and a polygenic architecture. However, the potential of genomic risk scores to help predict CAD outcomes has not been evaluated comprehensively, because available studies have involved limited genomic scope and limited sample sizes.

Objectives

This study sought to construct a genomic risk score for CAD and to estimate its potential as a screening tool for primary prevention.

Methods

Using a meta-analytic approach to combine large-scale, genome-wide, and targeted genetic association data, we developed a new genomic risk score for CAD (metaGRS) consisting of 1.7 million genetic variants. We externally tested metaGRS, both by itself and in combination with available data on conventional risk factors, i

SUBMITTER: Inouye M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6176870 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature