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Genetic tool estimates patients’ risk for 8 heart-related conditions

May 4, 2026

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A new genetic tool could help identify those at higher risk for 8 heart-related conditions. Image credit: weerapatkiatdumrong/Getty Images

Research suggests a new polygenic risk score can estimate the inherited risk for 8 major cardiovascular and related conditions in a single test.
In validation studies, those with the highest risk had a greater disease likelihood, such as a 3.7× and 3.1× higher risk of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes, respectively, compared to average-risk…

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