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Abstract TP248: Genetic Predisposition to Diabetes and Risk of Stroke in Native Hawaiians

Stroke Journal

However, the role of these genetic risk variants in the development of cerebrovascular disease in Native Hawaiians remains unknown. We modeled genetic predisposition to diabetes through a polygenic risk score that contained independent genetic variants known to associate with diabetes at genome-wide levels (p<5x10-8).