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A novel age-informative polygenic score improves predictive ability for kidney function and kidney function decline

2026-01-23 genetic and genomic medicine Title + abstract only
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Polygenic scores (PGSs) are widely used to summarize the joint genetic effects for disease-related traits. However, while age-dependent genetic effects are increasingly recognized, their integration into PGSs remains underexplored. Kidney function, assessed by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), has strong age-related genetic effects, and prediction of kidney function decline is an unmet need. We develop an age-informative PGS for quantitative traits by generating age-specific weights ...

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