Using precision cardiovascular medicine to prevent the development of heart diseases
Traditional cardiovascular risk factors and the underlying genetic risk of elevated blood pressure determine an individual’s composite risk of developing adverse cardiovascular events. We sought to evaluate the relative contributions of the traditional cardiovascular risk factors to the development of adverse cardiovascular events in the context of varying BP genetic risk profiles.
Genome-wide polygenic risk score was computed using multiancestry genome-wide association estimates among US adults who underwent whole-genome sequencing in the Trans-Omics for Precision program. Individuals were stratified into high, intermediate, and low genetic risk groups , November 5–7, 2002.
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