Shared genetic etiology between chronic diseases and heart failure risk: the dual role of leukocyte telomere length
Jason Y. Y. Wong, Batel Blechter, Zhonghua Liu, Jianxin Shi, Veronique Lee Roger
The paper investigates the shared genetic etiology between chronic diseases and heart failure risk, finding that longer leukocyte telomere length mediates a small portion of the asthma PRS effect on HF risk.
medRxiv · Aug 3, 2023 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine