Polygenic Risk Scores for Diverse Ancestries: Making Genomic Medicine Equitable

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Aug 11;76(6):715-718. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.06.028.

Authors

Iftikhar J Kullo¹, Ozan Dikilitas²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Gonda Vascular Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: kullo.iftikhar@mayo.edu.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

PMID: 32762906
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.06.028

No abstract available

Keywords: ancestry; coronary heart disease; diversity; polygenic risk score.

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MeSH terms

Asian People
Coronary Artery Disease*
Genome-Wide Association Study
Genomics
Humans
Medicine*
Multifactorial Inheritance
Risk Factors