A combined polygenic score of 21,293 rare and 22 common variants improves diabetes diagnosis based on hemoglobin A1C levels

By sjmartinez • November 15, 2022

Dornbos P, Koesterer R, Ruttenburg A, Nguyen T, Cole JB; AMP-T2D-GENES Consortium, Leong A, Meigs JB, Florez JC, Rotter JI, Udler MS, Flannick J. A combined polygenic score of 21,293 rare and 22 common variants improves diabetes diagnosis based on hemoglobin A1C levels. Nat Genet. 2022 Nov;54(11):1609-1614. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01200-1. Epub 2022 Oct 24. PMID: 36280733.

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