Genotype-informed estimation of risk of coronary heart disease based on genome-wide association data linked to the electronic medical record

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Susceptibility variants identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have modest effect sizes. Whether such variants provide incremental information in assessing risk for common 'complex' diseases is unclear. We inv...

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Main Authors: Ding Keyue, Bailey Kent R, Kullo Iftikhar J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2261/11/66