LabWAS: Novel findings and study design recommendations from a meta-analysis of clinical labs in two independent biobanks.

LabWAS: Novel findings and study design recommendations from a meta-analysis of clinical labs in two independent biobanks.

Phenotypes extracted from Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are increasingly prevalent in genetic studies. EHRs contain hundreds of distinct clinical laboratory test results, providing a trove of health data beyond diagnoses. Such lab data is complex and lacks a ubiquitous coding scheme, making it mo...

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Main Authors: Jeffery A Goldstein, Joshua S Weinstock, Lisa A Bastarache, Daniel B Larach, Lars G Fritsche, Ellen M Schmidt, Chad M Brummett, Sachin Kheterpal, Goncalo R Abecasis, Joshua C Denny, Matthew Zawistowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009077

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009077

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