Word: paynter
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...genetic screen didn't really add predictive value to any of our current models," says Nina Paynter, an instructor in the division of preventive medicine at Brigham...
...published Tuesday, Feb. 16, in the Journal of the American Medical Assocation, those deemed by the genetic screen to be in the lowest risk group had a 3% risk of developing heart disease, while those in the highest risk group had a 3.7% risk - just barely significant and, by Paynter's admission, not a large difference at all. "Adding the risk scores really didn't add anything," she says. (See the top 10 scientific discoveries...