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Trans-ethnic biobanks are very useful to calculate polygenic risk scores
Key points from article :
Hypertension and obesity are the 2 strongest risk factors that shorten human lifespan.
Effect of hypertension on lifespan is similar across the world.
Effect of obesity on lifespan is more in Europeans than in Japanese.
Calculated polygenic risk scores using data of 700,000 people from biobanks in Japan, UK and Finland.
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One of the largest disease biobanks in the world and contains blood and tissue samples from 300,000 citizens
UK Biobank is a national and international health resource registered as a charity in Scotland
