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