Twelve Variants Polygenic Score for Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Distribution in a Large Cohort of Patients With Clinically Diagnosed Familial Hypercholesterolemia With or Without Causative Mutations

Background A significant proportion of individuals clinically diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), but without any disease‐causing mutation, are likely to have polygenic hypercholesterolemia. We evaluated the distribution of a polygenic risk score, consisting of 12 low‐density lipoprot...

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Main Authors: Elena Olmastroni, Marta Gazzotti, Marcello Arca, Maurizio Averna, Angela Pirillo, Alberico Luigi Catapano, Manuela Casula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.023668