Impact of genetic risk score on the association between male childlessness and cardiovascular disease and mortality

Abstract Childless men are reported to have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. Information on inherited genetic risk for CVD has improved the predictive models. Presuming that childlessness is a proxy of infertility we aimed to investigate if childless men inherit more ofte...

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Main Authors: Angel Elenkov, Olle Melander, Peter M. Nilsson, He Zhang, Aleksander Giwercman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97733-2

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