Angela
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[h=1]"Trans-ethnic analysis reveals genetic and non-genetic associations with COVID-19 susceptibility and severity[/h]https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.04.20188318v1
"[h=2]Abstract[/h][FONT="]COVID-19 presents with a wide range of severity, from asymptomatic in some individuals to fatal in others. Based on a study of over one million 23andMe research participants, we report genetic and non-genetic associations with testing positive for COVID-19, respiratory symptoms, and hospitalization. Risk factors for hospitalization include advancing age, male sex, elevated body mass index, lower socio-economic status, non-European ancestry, and pre-existing cardio-metabolic and respiratory conditions. Using trans-ethnic genome-wide association studies, we identify a strong association between blood type and COVID-19 diagnosis, as well as a gene-rich locus on chr3p21.31 that is more strongly associated with outcome severity. While non-European ancestry was found to be a significant risk factor for hospitalization after adjusting for socio-demographics and pre-existing health conditions, we did not find evidence that these two primary genetic associations explain differences between populations in terms of risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes."
"Ski, Party, Seed a Pandemic"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/...el-coronavirus.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
Certain Neanderthal genes can make Covid worse.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news...e-some-covid-patients-study-finds/3585344001/[/FONT]
"[h=2]Abstract[/h][FONT="]COVID-19 presents with a wide range of severity, from asymptomatic in some individuals to fatal in others. Based on a study of over one million 23andMe research participants, we report genetic and non-genetic associations with testing positive for COVID-19, respiratory symptoms, and hospitalization. Risk factors for hospitalization include advancing age, male sex, elevated body mass index, lower socio-economic status, non-European ancestry, and pre-existing cardio-metabolic and respiratory conditions. Using trans-ethnic genome-wide association studies, we identify a strong association between blood type and COVID-19 diagnosis, as well as a gene-rich locus on chr3p21.31 that is more strongly associated with outcome severity. While non-European ancestry was found to be a significant risk factor for hospitalization after adjusting for socio-demographics and pre-existing health conditions, we did not find evidence that these two primary genetic associations explain differences between populations in terms of risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes."
"Ski, Party, Seed a Pandemic"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/...el-coronavirus.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
Certain Neanderthal genes can make Covid worse.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news...e-some-covid-patients-study-finds/3585344001/[/FONT]