Tag: Genomics

AHA 2025: New study from Genomics shows polygenic risk scores improve the accuracy of cardiovascular disease risk prediction

The addition of polygenic risk scores (PRS) improved the accuracy of the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction tool PREVENT across all groups studied, across ancestries. Over 3 million people aged 40-70 in the U.S. are at high risk of CVD but are currently invisible to the system,…