Back

Genome-Wide Association Study of Genetic Variants Associated with Lower Extremity Amputation Risk in Peripheral Artery Disease

2025-12-20 genetic and genomic medicine Title + abstract only
View on medRxiv
Show abstract

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a global health burden affecting over 200 million individuals and is frequently complicated by limb-threatening ischemia, leading to major amputations. Despite known clinical risk factors, the genetic basis underlying amputation risk in PAD remains poorly defined. In this study, we performed a multi-pronged genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify genetic variants associated with lower extremity amputation in patients with PAD, using data from the All o...

Predicted journal destinations

1
Nature Communications
483 training papers
Top 12% 8.3%
2
Scientific Reports
701 training papers
Top 47% 5.9%
3
The American Journal of Human Genetics
77 training papers
Top 4% 5.9%
4
Genome Medicine
56 training papers
Top 2% 5.5%
5
PLOS ONE
1737 training papers
Top 80% 5.5%
6
Journal of the American Heart Association
92 training papers
Top 7% 4.6%
7
Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine
30 training papers
Top 2% 4.6%
8
Human Molecular Genetics
28 training papers
Top 0.4% 3.8%
9
Human Genetics and Genomics Advances
39 training papers
Top 2% 3.5%
10
Circulation
37 training papers
Top 5% 3.5%
11
Nature Genetics
72 training papers
Top 5% 3.5%
12
Genetics in Medicine
57 training papers
Top 4% 2.9%
13
PLOS Genetics
39 training papers
Top 2% 2.6%
14
European Journal of Human Genetics
25 training papers
Top 3% 1.8%
15
Cell Genomics
34 training papers
Top 4% 1.8%
16
Stroke
29 training papers
Top 3% 1.8%
17
Frontiers in Genetics
32 training papers
Top 2% 1.8%
18
eLife
262 training papers
Top 26% 1.8%
19
Genes
21 training papers
Top 2% 1.4%
20
Arthritis & Rheumatology
21 training papers
Top 1% 1.1%
21
Journal of Personalized Medicine
17 training papers
Top 0.6% 1.1%
22
Atherosclerosis
16 training papers
Top 4% 1.1%
23
Journal of Medical Genetics
22 training papers
Top 3% 1.1%
24
Diabetologia
23 training papers
Top 3% 1.1%
25
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
33 training papers
Top 6% 1.1%
26
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
39 training papers
Top 6% 0.9%
27
Bioinformatics
24 training papers
Top 3% 0.9%
28
Aging Cell
21 training papers
Top 2% 0.9%
29
npj Genomic Medicine
18 training papers
Top 5% 0.9%
30
Cancers
57 training papers
Top 9% 0.7%