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Polygenic Risk Score Predicts Peripheral Artery Disease and Major Adverse Limb Events but Offers Modest Incremental Discrimination
In pooled analyses of six TIMI trials (n=68,816), a validated PAD polygenic risk score was independently associated with prevalent PAD (OR per 1-SD 1.15) and incident major adverse limb events (HR per 1-SD 1.30), but added only modest improvement in risk discrimination beyond clinical factors.