ASHG: High Polygenic Risk Score for Heart Disease Motivates Patients to Make Lifestyle Changes

Oct 22, 2018

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Patients at increased risk of heart disease who receive combined clinical and genetic risk information via a web-based interactive tool are motivated to make lifestyle changes, especially so if their polygenic risk score is high, according to researchers from Finland.

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