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Multi-ethnic polygenic risk modifies the association between APOL1 high risk genotypes and chronic kidney disease

2021-11-14 nephrology Title + abstract only
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The burden of advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) falls disproportionately on minorities including African Americans (AAs) and Hispanic Americans (HAs) with admixed ancestry. Even though APOL1 high-risk genotypes increase risk of kidney disease, their penetrance is incomplete, indicating that the modification of APOL1 high risk may be polygenic. For this study, we used three multi-ethnic cohorts with APOL1 high risk genotypes and calculated a multi-ethnic PRS using publicly available summary s...

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